City profile · Mauritania · Africa
Nouadhibou
Dakhlet Nouadhibou · Mauritania
City population
146,048
#2
in Mauritania
#3,884
worldwide
20.942, -17.038 · 336 km from Nouakchott
About Nouadhibou
Nouadhibou is a city in Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Mauritania with a population of 146,048. It is the 2nd largest of the 26 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mauritania, and the 3,884th largest worldwide. It lies 336 km from Nouakchott.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Dakhlet Nouadhibou
Elevation
16 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Nouakchott
Coordinates
20.942, -17.038
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.