Nouadhibou

Mauritania / Dahlat Nawadibu / Nouadhibou /

Nouadhibou (Arabic: نواذيبو‎; formerly Port-Étienne; pop. ca. 90,000) is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as the country's commercial center.

It is situated on a 40-mile peninsula or headland called Ras Nouadhibou, Cap Blanc, or Cabo Blanco, of which the western side, with the city of Lagouira, is part of Western Sahara. Nouadhibou is less than a mile from the border.

www.hotelsahara.de/ "Hotel Sahara", a documentary film about Nouadhibou and the migrants by Bettina Haasen
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Coordinates:   20°56'39"N   17°2'15"W