Nouadhibou
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'''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==
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==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]
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