City profile · Mauritania · Africa
Néma
Hodh Ech Chargi · Mauritania
City population
60,000
#5
in Mauritania
#1
in Hodh Ech Chargi
#9,636
worldwide
16.617, -7.256 · 940 km from Nouakchott
About Néma
Néma is a city in Hodh Ech Chargi, Mauritania with a population of 60,000. It is the 5th largest of the 26 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mauritania, and the 9,636th largest worldwide. It lies 940 km from Nouakchott.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Hodh Ech Chargi
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
266 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Nouakchott
Coordinates
16.617, -7.256
Record updated
2026-04-14
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.