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Cansado Destination Guide

Explore Cansado in Mauritania

Cansado in the region of Dakhlet Nouadhibou is a town in Mauritania - some 203 mi or ( 327 km ) North of Nouakchott , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Cansado

Current time in Cansado is now 05:01 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Nouakchott " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Nouakchott, Nouadhibou, Aleg, and Dakhla. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Nouakchott . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Cansado ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Nouadhibou & Cap Blanc, Mauritania, Oct 15, 2007 Modernnomad67's photos around Nouadhibou

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7.000 km bis Jahaly 6/9 -- with English subtitles --

3:23 min by EngelkesTV
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Ein Videotagebuch über den Hilfskonvoi 2009 von Deutschland nach Gambia. Teil 6 von 9: Layoune/West-Sahara bis Nouadhibou/Mauretanien. Der Hilfskonvoi mit 8 Autos und 19 Fahrern startete am 27.2.2009 ..


Dakhla to Nouadhibou Jeanchristophes's photos around Dakhla to Nouadhibou, Mauritania

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Interesting facts about this location

La Güera

La Güera (also known as La Agüera, Lagouira, or El Gouera) is a ghost town on the Atlantic coast at the southern tip of Western Sahara, on the western side of the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula, 15 km. west of Nouadhibou. It is also the name of a daira at the Sahrawi refugee camps in south-western Algeria. The name comes from the Spanish word Agüera which is a ditch which carries rainwater to the crops.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 20.83 -17.09 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Former populated places in Western Sahara, Ghost towns in Africa

Aousserd Province

Aousserd is a prefecture in the Moroccan economic region of Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 7,689.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 20.83 -17.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira, Populated places in Western Sahara, Provinces of Morocco

Ras Nouadhibou

Ras Nouadhibou is a 40-mile peninsula or headland in the African coast of the Atlantic Ocean by the Tropic of Cancer. It is internationally known as Cap Blanc in French or Cabo Blanco in Spanish (both meaning "White Cape"). In the 14th and 15th century, Spain began to develop interest in the desertic coast of what is today called Western Sahara as a result of fishing activities carried out from the nearby Canary Islands by Spanish fishers.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 20.77 -17.05 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, Headlands of Africa, Landforms of Mauritania, Landforms of Western Sahara, Mauritania–Western Sahara border

Nouadhibou International Airport

Nouadhibou Airport is an airport serving Nouadhibou (formerly Port-Étienne), a city in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region of Mauritania.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 20.93 -17.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Airports in Mauritania, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, Nouadhibou

Nouadhibou Cemetery

Nouadhibou Cemetery is a cemetery in Nouadhibou, Mauritania. It is located just to the west of Nouadhibou Mosque. Nouadhibou Cemetery can also refer to the Ship Cemetery of some 500 or so wasted ships along the coast of Nouadhibou.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 20.94 -17.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Cemeteries in Mauritania, Nouadhibou