Poor district and other Nouadhibou, Mauritania General Tips

Favorite Thing: Nouadhibou and Mauritania in general is deep affected by poverty.
There are two major districts where porr people live. The one north after Numerowat and this one in the "ville". On your way from the Friday’s mosque and the rail track this is what you find. Little houses made of whatever comes to hand. The desert here is a constant presence and with that sand interferes with the landscape melting away soil and metal houses.


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Favorite Thing: Senegalese district after ?ville? near the rail tracks. Senegalese are a very important part of Mauritania. Although deeply discriminated by white moors, they are very important economically. All fishermen are Senegalese, either Wolof or Poular. Lots of other commercial goods are sold and brought from Senegal.


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Favorite Thing: This warehouse is right in front of Friday's mosque in "ville" district. Nouadhibou is the economic capital of Mauritania and it?s a very busy city in terms of business. It never stops. You can see business being made all time everywhere


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Favorite Thing: Contrasts of colors are very easy to find here and in almost Saharan countries. Blue is often used in Mauritania. It connects to the sea which consists in a very important economic income of the country.


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Favorite Thing: Numerowat district is north the city centre. Its the place where almost every one lives and has few official facilities or business officies which all are south in "ville".
From the pic you can notice the aeroport tower on the left side.

Fondest Memory: To get there is very easy just get a cab and say "Numero". The cab will cost you about 30UM or 50UM depending the place where you get it and howl distant you are.

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Favorite Thing: Well I think this little friend is not hungry at all. He lives right by the sea near the fishermen.
This photo is on the fishermen's market near the Port Artisanal of Nouadhibou.
On this market you can find all sorts of things fishermen usually need. Some groceries stores can also be found.


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Favorite Thing: wonderful contrast between door and wall. This mosque is right on the sea shore.


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Favorite Thing: Fort that faces the Atlantic coast. Near the frozen fish market.


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Favorite Thing: Mauritanian coast is indeed beautiful. Although garbage can be found everywhere making you feel a bit unconfortable. Much of the garbage come directly from foreign boats that say in the port for a few days.

Fondest Memory: The unpolluted waters off the coast of Mauritania provide some of the richest fishing grounds in the world, yet it is only in the last 20 years that the country has realized the economic significance of its natural asset. Since the late ?80s, the fisheries sector has been growing steadily, and in 1998, the government defined a development strategy to manage the resources and integrate the sector into the national economy.

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Favorite Thing: Old 19 hundreds fort. CLose to frozen fish market.


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