Fderîck
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Fderîck or F'dérick is a city in the north of Mauritania
. Situated in a remote area of the Sahara desert, on the Kediet Ijill west side, Fderîck was constructed in the end of the 1950s around the former French
Fort Gouraud to exploit the area's iron
deposits. The mine name is F'derick too and is the first one exploited. Once the mineral is gathered from the mines, it is shipped by the Mauritania Railway
to Nouadhibou
's point central. Fderik is a very important mining city.
30 km east F'derick is Zouerat
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A well stands in F'derick.
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...
. Situated in a remote area of the Sahara desert, on the Kediet Ijill west side, Fderîck was constructed in the end of the 1950s around the former French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Fort Gouraud to exploit the area's iron
Iron
Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...
deposits. The mine name is F'derick too and is the first one exploited. Once the mineral is gathered from the mines, it is shipped by the Mauritania Railway
Mauritania Railway
The Mauritania Railway is the national railway of Mauritania. Opened in 1963, it consists of a single, railway line linking the iron mining centre of Zouerate with the port of Nouadhibou, via Fderik and Choum...
to 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...
's point central. Fderik is a very important mining city.
30 km east F'derick is Zouerat
Zouérat
Zouérat is the largest town in northern Mauritania and is the capital of Tiris Zemmour with an approximate population of 38,000 . It lies at the eastern end of the Mauritania Railway to Nouadhibou.- Overview :...
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A well stands in F'derick.