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Nouadhibou |
 | | It is the capital of Dakhlet Nouadhibou region with 87,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate) and an area of 22,300 km². |
| | The economic base for Nouadhibou is fishing and fish-processing, and exportation of iron that is transported with the railways from central Mauritania. |
| | Nouadhibou was during the French colonial period known as Port Etienne. |
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