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of the
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Nouakchott
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Mauritania
Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...
.
20th century
* 1903 - French military outpost built.
* 1908 - Military outpost abandoned.
* 1929 - French military outpost reactivated.
* 1952 -
Rosso-Nouakchott
highway
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constructed.
* 1958
** Nouakchott site designated new capital of Mauritania; building of city begins.
** Radio de Mauritanie begins
broadcasting
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.
* 1960
** Capital of newly independent Mauritania moved to Nouakchott from
Saint Louis.
**
AS Garde Nationale (football club) formed.
** Palais de Justice (courthouse) built.
* 1961
** National Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies built.
** Population: 5,807.
* 1965 - Population: 15,000 (estimate).
* 1966 - National School of Administration built.
* 1968 - Racial unrest.
* 1970
** (school) founded.
** Population: 25,000.
* 1973 -
ASC Police
Association Sportive et Culturelle de la Police ( ar, الجمعية الرياضية و الثقافية للشرطة) is a Mauritanean football club based in Nouakchott. The club plays in the Mauritanean Premier League, which it won in 1981.
S ...
(football club) formed.
* 1974
** Refugees from drought settle in Qsar Gadid.
** 5th and 6th arrondissements created.
* 1975
** "25 miles of city streets were paved....Street lights were installed and bus service started."
** Convention centre constructed near city.
** Population: 104,054 (of which 54,000 living in
shanty towns).
* 1976
** June: City besieged by guerrilla Polisario Front forces.
** football club formed.
* 1977
** July: City besieged by guerrilla Polisario Front forces again.
** Population: 134,704 (of which 81,467 living in shanty towns).
* 1978
** Coup d'état.
**
ACS Ksar
Association Culturelle et Sportive du Ksar ( ar, الجمعية الثقافية و الرياضية للكصر) known as ACS Ksar is a Mauritanian football club based in Nouakchott the capital of the Mauritania. The club plays in the Ligue 1 Maur ...
(football club) formed.
* 1979 -
ASAC Concorde (football club) formed.
* 1980 -
ASC Nasr Zem Zem (football club) formed.
* 1981
** Coup d'état.
**
University of Nouakchott
The University of Nouakchott Al Aasriya (french: Université de Nouakchott Al Aasriya, ar, جامعة نواكشوط) is a university in the city of Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania.
History
The university was created in July 2016 from the m ...
established.
**
National Archives, and
National Library built.
** Population: at least 232,000.
* 1983 -
Stade Olympique
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(stadium) opens.
* 1984 - Coup d'état.
* 1986 -
Friendship Port of Nouakchott
The Friendship Port (''Port de l'Amité'') is an artificial deepwater port located in Nouakchott, Mauritania. It was built during the 1980s by a Chinese company to allow the city, capital of Mauritania, to be supplied more cheaply than by overland ...
opens.
* 1987 - Racial unrest.
* 1988 - Population: 393,325.
* 1989 - Curfew imposed in city after regional ethnic unrest.
* 1991 - 1 June: Windstorm.
* 1994 - ''La Calame''
newspaper
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begins publication.
* 1995
** "Bread riot" occurs.
** ''Al-Akhbar'' and ''Nouakchott Info''
newspapers
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begin publication.
* 1996 - Coup d'état.
* 1999 - in business.
* 2000 - Population: 558,195.
21st century
* 2003 - June:
Coup attempted and suppressed.
* 2004 - Plague of locusts.
* 2005
** June: Anti-government protest.
** 3 August:
2005 Mauritanian coup d'état
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.
* 2008 - Population: 846,871 (estimate).
* 2011
** January:
2011–12 Mauritanian protests begin.
** 2 February: "Al Qaeda suspects killed in...car blast."
** (school) established.
* 2012 - 12 July: Airplane crash occurs at
Nouakchott International Airport
Nouakchott International Airport ( ar, مطار نواكشوط الدولي) was an airport located in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. It closed in June 2016 upon the opening of Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport, north of th ...
.
* 2013 - Population: 958,399.
* 2014
** March: Protest over Koran desecration.
**
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becomes mayor.
** Administrative regions
Nouakchott-Nord,
Nouakchott-Ouest, and
Nouakchott-Sud created.
* 2016
**
Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport opens; Nouakchott International Airport closes.
** June:
2016 Arab League summit held in Nouakchott.
See also
*
Nouakchott history (
de)
References
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Images
File:Nouakchott L7 20010109 lrg.jpg, Satellite view of Nouakchott, 2001
File:Nouakchott SandDunesEncroaching.jpg, Nouakchott and sand dunes, circa 2002
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