Nouakchott-Ouest_Region

Nouakchott-Ouest Region

Nouakchott-Ouest Region

Region of Mauritania

Nouakchott-Ouest (lit. 'West Nouakchott', Arabic: نواكشوط الغربية, romanized: Nuwākshūṭ al-Gharbīyah) is a region in Mauritania. It comprises the three northeastern departments of Mauritania's capital city Nouakchott: Ksar, Sebkha and Tevragh-Zeina.[2] Its headquarters (HQ) are at Tevragh-Zeina and the Presidential Palace is located within its borders.

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Nouakchott-Ouest was created on 25 November 2014 when the region of Nouakchott was split into three new regions.[3] Its wāli or governor is Mahi Ould Hamed, who was previously governor of the Nouakchott Region.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Law, Gwillim. "Regions of Mauritania". Statoids. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Nouakchott donne naissance à trois Wilaya". MauriWeb. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Mauritanie: la capitale Nouakchott, sera découpée en trois wilayas". Alakhbar. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Les trois wali de Nouakchott connus". le calame. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.



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