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Ayoun el Atrous

Western Africa

Ayoun el Atrous, also spelled Aioun el Atrouss, is a town in southern Mauritania and the capital of the Hodh El Gharbi region, situated in the southern part of the Aoukar, a former lake basin. It is served by Aioun el Atrouss Airport nearby and gained a measure of international attention as a stop on the 2007 Dakar Rally.

Facts
Population
28,174 1
Elevation (m)
235 2
Latitude
16.662972 degrees north 2
Longitude
9.60325 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 3
Sources
1. GeoNames: Ayoun El Atrous
GeoNames geonameid 2381291 (Ayoun El Atrous), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Ayoun el Atrous (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 16.662972, longitude -9.60325
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 235 m
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3. GeoNames: Ayoun El Atrous - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2381291
    16.6614 -9.6149 P PPLA MR 02 28174 235 Africa/Nouakchott
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 235 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 16.75, -9.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 16.75, -9.75
16.75 -9.75 BWh
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Wikidata: Ayoun el Atrous
Wikidata Q175596, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Ayoun el Atrous (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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