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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.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/nouadhib.htm (78 words)

	Nouadhibou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is situated on a 40-mile peninsula or headland called Ras Nouadhibou, Cap Blanc, or Cabo Blanco, of which the western side, with the city of Lagouira, is part of Western Sahara.
		Nouadhibou is less than a mile from the border.
		The city is divided into four major areas: the city centre, including the airport, Numerowatt to the north, the main residential area, Cavado to the south, a dormitory town for Port Minéralier, in the far south, from which iron ore mined in Zouerat is exported.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nouadhibou (178 words)

	Adventures of Mauritania: Nouadhibou
		Nouadhibou is the first you'll see of Mauritania if you have travelled all the route through Morocco.
		Nouadhibou is a place never constructed to fit the needs of tourists.
		Nouadhibou is stretching along a thin peninsula running out from and parallel to the mainland in southern direction.
	www.lexicorient.com /mauritania/nouadhib.htm (316 words)

	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.
	i-cias.com /e.o/nouadhib.htm (89 words)

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		NOUADHIBOU, 1 Apr 2005 (IRIN/PLUSNEWS) - Nouadhibou, a busy port in the desert north of Mauritania, is a crossroads for fishermen, mine workers and clandestine migrants heading towards Europe, but efforts to combat AIDS in this melting pot of humanity are still in their infancy.
		About 1 percent of the population of Nouadhibou is HIV positive, according to a sentinel survey of pregnant women tested in maternity clinics in 2001.
		Most of the nation's deep-sea fishing fleet is based in Nouadhibou, which is situated in a huge bay protected from northerly and westerly gales and from the huge waves that often roll in from the Atlantic Ocean.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=46426&SelectRegion=West_Africa (1693 words)

	Africans Risk Death at Sea for New Life Abroad
		NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania -- Magat Jope kicked gently at his dead friend's clothes, which lay in a rotting heap in a corner of the desert graveyard.
		The clothes that Goure Deye was wearing in February when he and close to 30 other illegal immigrants drowned in the Atlantic Ocean, trying to reach Spanish soil on a tiny boat.
		But officials concede that they have no real way of knowing the number of immigrants who have died at sea, their bodies never found.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/31/AR2006033101695_pf.html (1458 words)

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		Nouadhibou is one of the busiest ports in northwest Africa
		Formerly known as Port-Etienne in its French colonial past, Nouadhibou is one of the busiest ports in northwest Africa.
		Sow took up her job as the head of CNLS activities in Nouadhibou in October 2004 and the town's first public AIDS testing centre is due to open in September.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=46426&SelectRegion=West_Africa (1693 words)

	afrol News - Mauritanian reporter detained over police abuse article
		Nouadhibou, located 400 kilometres north of the capital, Nouakchott, is the main urban centre in northern Mauritania.
		The Nouadhibou police officers also allegedly dragged the man to the police station, took away his money, and humiliated him by stripping him naked.
		Nouadhibou is located at the troubled border with Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara and is reputed for its military dominance.
	www.afrol.com /articles/13451 (404 words)

	Geoff's Travel Scrapbook - Travel Notes from Mauritania
		The road was tarred most of the way although we had to take a diversion for the last stretch along a dirt road running parallel with the railway line.
		It is an unattractive place, but packed with friendly people; I was never hassled and wandered freely around what is termed as the town centre, in reality just a couple of main streets running north, south with a messy market area to the west towards the railway line.
		It had taken 18 hours to reach from Nouadhibou on one of the greatest desert train rides in the world; I was exhausted.
	www.geoffstravelscrapbook.co.uk /main/notes/2004/atar.htm (1142 words)

	Mauritania - Coastal Zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Temperatures are moderate, varying from mean maximums of 28°C and 32°C for Nouadhibou and Nouakchott, respectively, to mean minimums of 16°C and 19°C. Battering surf and shifting sand banks characterize the entire length of the shoreline.
		Dakhlet Nouadhibou, one of the largest natural harbors on the west coast of Africa, is fortythree kilometers long and thirty-two kilometers wide at its broadest point.
		Fifty kilometers southeast of Ras Nouadhibou is Arguin.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-8507.html (265 words)

	AEGiS-IRIN: MAURITANIA: Fight against AIDS slow to take root in port city of Nouadhibou
		NOUADHIBOU, 1 April (PLUSNEWS) - Nouadhibou, a busy port in the desert north of Mauritania, is a crossroads for fishermen, mine workers and clandestine migrants heading towards Europe, but efforts to combat AIDS in this melting pot of humanity are still in their infancy.
		But Nouadhibou, situated on the border with Moroccan-ruled Western Sahara, is overflowing with uprooted people and single men and women seeking to improve their fortunes.
		One health worker who prefered to remain anonymous said a recent study showed that the sex workers in Nouadhibou came from more than 10 different countries, including Senegal, Ghana and Morocco and were living in all areas of the town.
	www.aegis.com /news/irin/2005/IR050408.html (1718 words)

	The Islamic Republic of Mauritania Nouadhibou Water Supply Project (313)
		The project aims at providing additional potable water for the city of Nouadhibou to satisfy the present and the projected demand up to the year 2015.
		The project, which is expected to be completed by the end of 1998, will contribute towards the utilization of the full safe yield from Boulanouar groundwater aquifer at the rate of 20 thousand m3/day.
		Pumping Stations: constructing and equipping a central pumping station in Nouadhibou with a total capacity of 110 liters/sec and another station for Snim residential area with a total capacity of 45 liters/sec.
	www.arabfund.org /proj313.htm (437 words)

	NOUADHIBOU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Internet connections exist in Nouadhibou, the major commercial center, and five other regional capitals.
		In January several members of the banned opposition party Union of Democratic Forces-New Era (UFD-A) were detained in Nouadhibou and Nouakchott for several days; they were not charged.
		"NOUADHIBOU" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/NOUADHIBOU (337 words)

	DCP: 21 degrees north, 17 degrees west (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The practice to load not from a warehouse on a quay, but directly from a trawler is called "transshipment".
		Nouadhibou (formerly Port Etienne), is situated about 15 km north of Cap Blanc, the southern tip of the Presqu'île de Cap Blanc (Cap Blanc Peninsula).
		Upon their arrival at Nouadhibou's Point Central harbour, the railroad cars are unloaded with a rotary tipple and subsequently the ore is stockpiled.
	www.confluence.org /confluence.php?lat=21&lon=-17 (870 words)

	Mauritania - FISHING
		By the terms of their agreements, joint ventures were required to land a portion of their catches--in practice, only the more valuable demersal (sea-bottom) fish--for local processing.
		The ice boats had to unload their catches for processing at port before export, but the freezers were somewhat less dependent on port processing.
		Between 1985 and 1987, the demersal catch was estimated at about 21 percent of the total catch, with the SMCP accounting for 71 to 81 percent of the demersal exports, representing as much as 60 percent of the total value of fish exports in those years.
	countrystudies.us /mauritania/45.htm (1635 words)

	afrol News: Fishery infrastructure investments in Mauritania
		The 3 billion ouguiya (11.5 million euro) project will provide Nouadhibou - placed between the Western Sahara border and the Banc d'Arguin national park - with a new quay to receive the catch of the many artisanal fishermen, providing the basic income of most Nouadhibou families.
		The Minister on the same day laid down the foundation stone of the National School of Maritime Teaching and Fishing in Nouadhibou, underlining the importance given to the fisheries in the development of the town.
		Nouadhibou meanwhile has become an important base for international fishing fleets.
	www.afrol.com /News2002/mau017_nouadhibou_port.htm (494 words)

	Nouadhibou Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		It is 460km/12hrs from Nouadhibou to Choum and you can follow the distance on milestones along the track.
		Motorists who are heading to Atar can load their car onto opene platforms, althogh this can take days: start waiting at the railway station opposite the douanes at 9am to stand the chance of getting it loaded onto the 6pm freight train.
		Nouadhibou, formerly Port-?tienne, town, northwestern Mauritania, administrative center of Dakhlet-Nouadhibou Region, on the Atlantic Ocean.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Africa/Mauritania/Nouadhibou-2102780/Things_To_Do-Nouadhibou-R-2.html (888 words)

	worldsurface.com - sustainable tourism for backpackers and independent travellers
		Sailing in the port at Nouadhibou can be dangerous because of the number of shallow shipwrecks.
		Nouakchott and Nouadhibou have several tour companies, which are well equipped and will organise desert trips.
		Clinics in Nouakchott and Nouadhibou charge for medical care (sometimes in US dollars), and may not accept foreign insurance cards.
	www.worldsurface.com /browse/static.asp?staticpageid=1347 (414 words)

	Nouadhibou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Nouadhibou is a city on the Cap Blanc Peninsula.
		Nouadhibou is a starting point for many trips into the Sahara.
		For those who love the water, Nouadhibou also offers Cap Timiris, a motorboat in the Baie du Levrier that lasts a few days.
	www.marymount.k12.ny.us /marynet/Africa99/Mauritania/HTML/nouadhibou.htm (53 words)

	Mauritania 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		ASC SNIM FC (Nouadhibou) 19 8 7 4 25-15 31 4.
		FC Nouadhibou 18 6 10 2 12- 6 28 8.
		ASAC Nouadhibou 5 5 0 0 1- 0 15 (+11) 2.
	www.rsssf.com /tablesm/maur04.html (661 words)

	Mauritania - ENERGY
		Consumption of butane grew rapidly in 1982 and 1983 in response to shortages of firewood for cooking in urban areas.
		In 1983 mining (plus the tiny manufacturing sector) consumed 42 percent of all petroleum products; transport, including fisheries, consumed 32.5 percent; electricity generation, 20 percent; government and commerce, 3 percent; residential use, 2 percent; and agriculture, less than 0.5 percent.
		The plant that supplied power to the Guelbs mine and ore beneficiation facility (56 megawatts) increased the nation's total generating capacity by about 35 percent.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-8549.html (642 words)

	MAURITANIA, Landmine Monitor Report 2005
		Demining operations in 2004 were limited to small-scale EOD operations and the clearance of some 26,000 square meters in Nouadhibou region, of which 20,000 square meters were cleared by the French NGO HAMAP Démineurs.
		In 2005, Mauritania reported that the northern regions (wilaya) of Tiris Zemmour and Dakhlet Nouadhibou are mine-affected, and that Adrar region is suspected to have mine and UXO contamination.
		The peninsula of Nouadhibou is home to the economic capital of the country, with a port built for the export of iron extracts.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2005/mauritania.html (4248 words)

	Operation S.O.S. - Expeditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		We arrived in Nouadhibou, Mauritania with 20 cubic meters (1 metric ton-2,000 lbs.) of humanitarian aid for other organizations which work there.
		We were able to service a literacy school and a center for the physically and psychologically impaired.
		During our stay we were able to help the organizations working in Nouadhibou in practical ways such as painting and setting up shelves and other material we delivered.
	www.operacion-sos.org /en/viajes.html (342 words)

	AfricaRevealed - Parc National du Banc d'Arguin
		From Nouadhibou and Nouackchott there are a few travel agencies which are very willing to show you around.
		If you would like to go with your own car, the route from Nouadhibou exists of a beautifull trip through part of the desert, which also means a 4 wheel drive vehicle is advisable.
		There are people who are doing the trip from Nouadhibou to Nouackchott with a normal 2 wheel drive vehicle, but most of them drive this route only to sell there car afterwards and therefor do not plan on leaving the known tracks.
	www.africarevealed.com /page.jsp?className=node&nodeId=205 (498 words)

	Nouadhibou Getting There
		It is a long way to Nouadhibou, wherever you are coming from.
		The long and difficult beach road between Nouadhibou and Nouakchott is now history.
		There is also a train, which takes you to Zouerate, one look on the map will tell you this is the wrong direction, but from Zouerate the rest of the country is accesible by road.
	www.world66.com /africa/mauritania/nouadhibou/gettingthere (178 words)

	Cheap flights to Nouadhibou \| dealchecker.co.uk
		Our simple search allows you to find your way through the maze of travel agents and tour operators and see for yourself who is the cheapest.
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		You can then navigate between their results and see for yourself who has the cheapest deals.
	www.dealchecker.co.uk /cheap-flights/nouadhibou.html (468 words)

	Ramsar Sites Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Banc d’Arguin is located on the West Africa coast, in northwest Mauritania, in the provinces of Nouadhibou and Azefal, midway between Nouakchott and Nouadhibou.
		There is some pollution, particularly from solid waste, which is found along the shoreline Following the collapse of their breeding caves in 1982, the status of the monk seal population is critical.
		Overfishing, by international factory fleets operating from the port of Nouadhibou may threaten the traditional fishing activities of the Imraguen and could cause a decline in numbers of fish-eating birds.
	www.wetlands.org /RDB/Ramsar_Dir/Mauritania/mr001D02.htm (1094 words)

	madnomad.com \| Dispatches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		There was a heavy military presence and a swarm of touts moved from car to car promoting their services.
		We still had two days of desert to cross—guides were needed for this stretch and of course a place to stay in Nouadhibou that night.
		This is the new part of Nouadhibou rising from nouveau riche fishing money only in the past two years.
	www.madnomad.com /dis.cfm?id=140&page=4 (542 words)

	MAURITANIA online TRAVEL GUIDE : Nouakchott, Nouadhibou, Chinguetti, Atar, Iron ore Train to Choum, safari, African ...
		In Nouadhibou it is quite difficult to change travellers cheques; they try up to 15% commission, so you need to bargain a bit (a friend got finally 1€=260, 1$=240) on that or change your TC’s in the capital.
		In Nouakchott and Nouadhibou it was very windy and around 25 degrees when we were there in June.
		It is 460km/12hrs from Nouadhibou to Choum and you can follow the distance on milestones along the track, sit at the entrance of the wagon for the nice views, there are no doors anyway.
	www.hansrossel.com /africa/mauritania.html (3781 words)

	Nouadhibou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Se sitúa en una península 40-mile llamada Ras Nouadhibou, casquillo Blanc, o Cabo Blanco, de el cual el lado occidental, con la ciudad de Lagouira, es parte de Sáhara occidental.
		Nouadhibou es menos que una milla de la banda.
		La actividad económica principal está pescando; sin embargo, la industria más grande está procesando el mineral de hierro transportado por el tren de las ciudades que minan interiores de Zouérat y Fdérik, ve también el transporte en Mauritania.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/no/Nouadhibou.htm (112 words)

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