City profile · Mauritania · Africa
Ksar
Nouakchott West · Mauritania
City population
57,758
#7
in Mauritania
#1
in Nouakchott West
#9,994
worldwide
18.099, -15.957 · 3 km from Nouakchott
About Ksar
Ksar is a city in Nouakchott West, Mauritania with a population of 57,758. It is the 7th largest of the 26 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mauritania, and the 9,994th largest worldwide. It lies 3 km from Nouakchott.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Nouakchott West
Rank in region
#1of 2
Coordinates
18.099, -15.957
Record updated
13 January 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 26 in MauritaniaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.