Cansado
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Cansado is a coastal town
in north-western Mauritania
on the Ras Nouadhibou
peninsular. It is located in the Nouadhibou
Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou
region.
It was built from scratch in the early 1960s for the staff administering the port and railhead for the iron ore mining company MIFERMA (Societe Anonyme des Mines de Fer de Mauritanie) as part of their iron mine development project at Zouérate.
Nearby towns and villages include Uad Guenifa (3.9 nmi (7.2 km)), La Batterie
(2.1 nmi (3.9 km)), Nouadhibou
(305 nmi (564.9 km)), Bir Gandus
(54 nmi (100 km)), Tanoudert
(59.6 nmi (110.4 km)) and Iouik
(72 nmi (133.3 km)).
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in north-western Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
on the Ras Nouadhibou
Ras Nouadhibou
Ras Nouadhibou is a 40-mile peninsula or headland in the African coast of the Atlantic Ocean by the Tropic of Cancer. It is internationally known as Cap Blanc in French or Cabo Blanco in Spanish .- History :...
peninsular. It is located in the Nouadhibou
Nouadhibou
Nouadhibou is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as a major commercial centre. The city itself has about 75,000 inhabitants expanding to over 90,000 in the larger metropolitan area. It is situated on a 40-mile peninsula or headland called Ras Nouadhibou, Cap Blanc, or Cabo Blanco, of...
Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou
Dakhlet Nouadhibou
Dakhlet Nouadhibou is the western-most region of Mauritania. Its capital is Nouadhibou. The region borders Western Sahara to the north, the Mauritanian region of Inchiri to the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the west....
region.
It was built from scratch in the early 1960s for the staff administering the port and railhead for the iron ore mining company MIFERMA (Societe Anonyme des Mines de Fer de Mauritanie) as part of their iron mine development project at Zouérate.
Nearby towns and villages include Uad Guenifa (3.9 nmi (7.2 km)), La Batterie
La Batterie
La Batterie is a village in north-western Mauritania on the Ras Nouadhibou peninsular. It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region south of Nouadhibou close to Cansado....
(2.1 nmi (3.9 km)), Nouadhibou
Nouadhibou
Nouadhibou is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as a major commercial centre. The city itself has about 75,000 inhabitants expanding to over 90,000 in the larger metropolitan area. It is situated on a 40-mile peninsula or headland called Ras Nouadhibou, Cap Blanc, or Cabo Blanco, of...
(305 nmi (564.9 km)), Bir Gandus
Bir Gandus
Bir Gandus bi'r qandūz is a village in Western Sahara, on the border with Mauritania, with a population of less than 50. It holds a Moroccan military post and serves as a passport control on entry or exit to Mauritania....
(54 nmi (100 km)), Tanoudert
Tanoudert
Tanoudert is a coastal town in Mauritania. It is located in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region.Nearby towns and villages include Cansado , Bir Gandus , Tichla , Akjoujt and Iouik ....
(59.6 nmi (110.4 km)) and Iouik
Iouik
Iouik is a coastal town in western Mauritania. It is located in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region.Nearby towns and villages include Uad Guenifa , Cansado , Tanoudert , Akjoujt , El Mamghar , Regbet Thila and Tikattane .-External links:**...
(72 nmi (133.3 km)).