Nouadhibou 426976 211674857 2008-05-11T15:48:02Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[ja:ヌアディブ]] {{Infobox Settlement |official_name = {{PAGENAME}} |native_name = |image_skyline = Nouadhibou.jpg |imagesize = 300px |image_caption = A street in Nouadhibou |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Mauritania |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = 300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Mauritania |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Mauritania|Region]] |subdivision_name =‎ [[Image:Flag of Mauritania.svg|25px]] [[Mauritania]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |established_title = |established_date = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |area_magnitude = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_urban_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of= |population_footnotes = |population_total = 90,000 |population_urban = |population_metro = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_density_km2 = |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |latd=20|latm=56|lats=|latNS=N |longd=17|longm=2|longs=|longEW=W |elevation_footnotes= |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Nouadhibou''' ([[Arabic language|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 [[Headlands and bays|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. The city is divided into four major areas: the [[city centre]], including the [[airport]], [[Numerowatt]] to the north, the main residential area, [[Cansado]] to the south, a [[dormitory town]] for [[Port Minéralier]], in the far south, from which [[iron ore]] mined in [[Zouerat]] is exported. Attractions in Nouadibou include the [[Table Remarquable]], several [[market]]s, a [[ships' graveyard]] and [[Mediterranean monk seal]]s. The major economic activity is fishing; however, the largest industry is processing [[iron ore]] transported by train from the interior mining towns of [[Zouérat]] and [[Fdérik]]. These freight trains can be as much as 3 km long, reputedly the longest in the world. The [[Mauritania Railway|railway]] also carries passengers and calls at [[Choum]]. From February 2006 onwards Nouadhibou has become the departure point for African migrants trying to reach the [[Canary Islands]]. This extremely dangerous route to reach the [[European Union]] has become popular as a result of stepped up emigration controls along the Moroccan coast and around the Spanish enclaves of [[Ceuta]] and [[Melilla]] in the second half of 2005. The city is reputedly also a center of illegal trading of [[meteorite]]s found in the [[Sahara]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6549197.stm |title=Meteorite smugglers anger scientists |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2007-06-23}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *Maps: [http://www.fugawi.de/Karten/Vollbild/TPC-NAfrika-5HT-J-1B-10km.gif], [http://www.fugawi.de/Karten/Vollbild/TPC-NAfrika-5HT-J-1B-3km.gif] *[http://i-cias.com/mauritania/nouadhib.htm Adventures of Mauritania] *[http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2006/11/shipwrecks-on-coast-of-mauritania.html Shipwrecks on the coast of Mauritania] {{Geolinks-cityscale|20.9451|-17.037}} [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Mauritania]] [[Category:Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region]] [[de:Nouadhibou]] [[es:Nuadibú]] [[fr:Nouadhibou]] [[it:Nouadhibou]] [[he:נואדיבו]] [[lv:Nuadibū]] [[mk:Нуадибу]] [[nl:Nouadhibou]] [[ja:ヌアディブ]] [[pl:Nawazibu]] [[ro:Nouadhibou]] [[ru:Нуадибу]] [[fi:Nouadhibou]] [[sv:Nouadhibou]] [[zh:努瓦迪布]]