Welcome to Nouadhibou!
Nouadhibou is the second largest city in Mauritania. It's a major fishing center and large industrial port. Nouadhibou (Arabic: نواذيبو, Nwādībū, Berber: Nwadibu, formerly in French: Port-Étienne) is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as a major commercial center. The city itself has about 118,000 inhabitants expanding to over 140,000 in the larger metropolitan area. It is situated on a 65-kilometer peninsula or headland called Ras Nouadhibou (Berber: Ighef Nwadibu), Cap Blanc, or Cabo Blanco, of which the western side has the Moroccan city of La Güera. Nouadhibou is consequently located merely a couple of kilometers from the border between Mauritania and Morocco. Its current mayor is Elghassem Ould Bellali, who was installed on 15 October 2018.
