Iouik, also spelled Iwik, is a coastal town in western Mauritania. Located in the

Banc d'Arguin National Park The Banc d'Arguin National Park ( ar, حوض أركين) of Bay of Arguin lies in Western Africa on the west coast of Mauritania between Nouakchott and Nouadhibou and is the former mouth of the Tamanrasset River. The World Heritage Site is ...

within the

Dakhlet Nouadhibou region Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region ( ar, ولاية داخلة نواذيبو, ''Wilayat Dakhlet Nouadhibou'', "Interior Nouadhibou Region") is an administrative division of Mauritania. Its regional capital is Nouadhibou, which is located at its northwe ...

, it sits on a small peninsula. Nearby towns and villages include Uad Guenifa (73.4 nm),

Cansado Cansado ( ar, كانصادو) is a coastal town in north-western Mauritania on the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region. It was built from scratch in the early 1960s for the staf ...

(72.0 nm), Tanoudert (21.5 nm),

Akjoujt Akjoujt (Arabic: أكجوجت) is a small city in western Mauritania. It is the capital of Inchiri region. "Akjoujt" (ɑk'ʤuʤt) means 'wells'. The city's main industry is gold and copper mining. History Archeologists have discovered that as e ...

(108.4 nm),

El Mamghar El Mamghar is a small village in western Mauritania. It is located in the Inchiri region. Nearby towns and villages include Uad Guenifa (93.9 nm), Regbet Thila (4.1 nm), Iouik (32.4 nm), Diayane (211.6 nm), Tikattane (25.6 ...

(32.4 nm), Regbet Thila (28.6 nm) and Tikattane (50.1 nm) . Iouik is very close to the island of Tidra lying in the southwest some 3 km distant, further west is Niroumi and around 10 km north are the

Kiaone Kiaone are two offshore sandy islets in the Bay of Arguin, Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Isl ...

islands.

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Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Mauritania Populated coastal places in Mauritania Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region {{Mauritania-geo-stub