Fderîck Explained

Official Name:Fderîck
Native Name:افديرك
Pushpin Map:Mauritania
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mauritania
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name: Mauritania
Subdivision Name1:Tiris Zemmour Region
Area Total Km2:702.6
Population As Of:2013
Population Total:4,715
Coordinates:22.6783°N -12.7114°W
Elevation M:455

Fderîck or F'dérick (Arabic: افديرك) is a town in the Tiris Zemmour Region of northern Mauritania. It is located near the border with Western Sahara, in a remote area of the Sahara desert, on the west side of the Kediet Ijill. Fderîck was constructed in the late 1950s around the former French Fort Gouraud to exploit the area's iron deposits. The iron is transported by the Mauritania Railway to the port at Nouadhibou. The city of Atar provides access to the capital, Nouakchott.[1]

Zouérat lies 30 km east of Fderîck.

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References

  1. Web site: Display Photos Database Record. eol.jsc.nasa.gov. en. 2017-01-27.