Geography Atlas

Where Everything Happened
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
City

Zouérat

Western Africa

Zouerat is the largest town in northern Mauritania and the capital of the Tiris Zemmour region, with an approximate population of 62,380 in 2023. It lies at the eastern end of the Mauritania Railway, which carries iron ore to the port of Nouadhibou. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
55,183 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 3
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 4
Sources
1. GeoNames: Zouérat
GeoNames geonameid 2375558 (Zouérat), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Zouerat (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Zouérat (Arabic: الزويرات) is the largest town in northern Mauritania and the capital of the Tiris Zemmour region, with an approximate population of 62,380 (2023).
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    380
View the Source
3. 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 22.75, -12.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 22.75, -12.25
22.75 -12.25 BWh
View the Source
4. GeoNames: Zouérat - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2375558, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2375558, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
22.73542 -12.47134 P PPLA MR 11 55183 352 Africa/Nouakchott
View the Source
Zouerat (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.