Nouakchott

Nouak·chott

geographical name \nu̇-ˈäk-ˌshät\

Definition of NOUAKCHOTT

city SW Mauritania, its ∗ pop 558,195

Rhymes with NOUAKCHOTT

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Nouakchott

geographical name    (Concise Encyclopedia)

City (pop., 2000: 558,195; 2005 est.: 743,500), capital of Mauritania. It is on a plateau near the Atlantic coast of western African, north-northeast of Dakar, Senegal. It was a small village until Mauritania was granted full independence from France in 1960. Then the city was developed as the capital of the new nation. It was a major refugee centre during the Saharan droughts of the 1970s and grew rapidly. A port facility was built nearby for the export of petroleum and copper.