Fderîck or F'dérick ( ar, افديرك) is a town in the

Tiris Zemmour Region Tiris Zemmour ( ar, ولاية تيرس زمور) is the northernmost region of Mauritania. Its capital is Zouérat. Other major cities/towns include F'dérik and Bir Moghrein. The region borders Algeria to the north-east, Mali to east, the Ma ...

of northern Mauritania. It is located near the

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with

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, in a remote area of the

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, on the west side of the Kediet Ijill. Fderîck was constructed in the late 1950s around the former

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Fort Gouraud to exploit the area's

iron Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in ...

deposits. The iron is transported by the

Mauritania Railway The Mauritania Railway is the national railway of Mauritania. Construction of the line began in 1960, with it opening in 1963. It consists of a single, railway line linking the iron mining centre of Zouérat with the port of Nouadhibou, via F ...

to the port at

Nouadhibou Nouadhibou (; ar, نواذيبو, Nwādībū, Berber: Nwadibu, formerly in French: ) is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as a major commercial centre. The city itself has about 118,000 inhabitants expanding to over 140,000 in the ...

. The city of Atar provides access to the capital,

Nouakchott Nouakchott (; ; ar, نواكشوط; ber, label= Berber, italic=yes, Nwakcoṭ, originally derived from ber, label= Berber, italic=yes, Nawākšūṭ, "place of the winds") page 273. is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. It is one of t ...

Zouérat Zouérat ( ar, الزويرات) is the largest town in northern Mauritania and the capital of Tiris Zemmour region, with an approximate population of 44,649 (2013). It lies at the eastern end of the Mauritania Railway to Nouadhibou. Histor ...

lies 30 km east of Fderîck.

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Populated places in Mauritania Populated places established in 1984 Railway stations in Mauritania 1984 establishments in Mauritania Tiris Zemmour Region {{Mauritania-geo-stub

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