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		Nouakchott, Mauritania: imposing entrance portico with ogival arches and crenelation - the Saudi Mosque aka Grand Mosque - King Faisal avenue and Mamadou Konate street - la Mosquée Saoudienne			Nouakchott, Mauritania: the Saudi Mosque aka Grand Mosque, seen from above, with the city's skyline in the background - King Faisal avenue and Mamadou Konate street - la Mosquée Saoudienne
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: slender minaret with bronze crescent of the Saudi Mosque aka Grand Mosque - King Faisal avenue and Mamadou Konate street - la Mosquée Saoudienne			Nouakchott, Mauritania: the Saudi Mosque aka Grand Mosque - arched porch with intricate Islamic ornamentation - King Faisal avenue and Mamadou Konate street - la Mosquée Saoudienne
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: main entrance of the Moroccan Mosque, with the Moroccan flag and coat of arms - architecture inspired in the Koutoubia in Marrakesh - Mosquée Marocaine			Nouakchott, Mauritania: Moroccan Mosque - ornate entrance bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Morocco over a wrought iron gate - arch and tiles - architecture inspired in the Koutoubia in Marrakesh - Mosquée Marocaine
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: arched gate and minaret with zellidj tiles at the Moroccan Mosque, inspired in the Koutoubia in Marrakesh - Mosquée Marocaine			Nouakchott, Mauritania: Moroccan Mosque - ornate square minaret inspired in the Koutoubia in Marrakesh - minaret with zellidj tiles - Mosquée Marocaine
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: Moroccan Mosque - minaret and green roofs - inspired in the Koutoubia in Marrakesh - Mosquée Marocaine			Nouakchott, Mauritania: traditional wooden chest with ornate brass fittings - Mauritanian handicraft
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: the tall and slender fishing harbor observation tower			Nouakchott, Mauritania: rusty metal door with padlocks - fishing harbor complex
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: fishing trawler stranded on the beach of the fishing harbor - Eishou Maru II - Port de Peche			Nouakchott, Mauritania: people look at a fishing trawler stranded on the beach of the fishing harbor - Eishou Maru II tilted 45º and half covered in sand - Port de Peche
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: main building of the fishing harbor, a gift of Japan			Nouakchott, Mauritania: a fisherman prepares to leave for the ocean on a wooden fishing boat - fishing harbor, the Port de Pêche
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: ornate and colorful prow of a traditional fishing boat at fishing harbor - fishing vessel built in wood			Nouakchott, Mauritania: men roll manually a fishing boat - fishing harbor, the Port de Pêche
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: traditional wooden fishing boats aligned along the beach - fishing harbor, the Port de Pêche			Nouakchott, Mauritania: stack of plastic octopus traps - small cylindrical containers used as shelter by the deceived octopus - each pot contains some concrete, the ballast - fishing harbor
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: traditional wooden fishing boats, locally built and painted - fishing harbor, the Port de Pêche			Nouakchott, Mauritania: traditional wooden fishing boats at the fishing harbor - prows facing the Atlantic - Port de Pêche
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: traditional wooden fishing boats face the waves of the Atlantic Ocean - fishing harbor, the Port de Pêche			Nouakchott, Mauritania: small reddish mosque of the fishing harbor
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: skyline of the sprawling Moor capital - buildings, minaret, the palm trees of the 'Jardins de Nouakchott' and the coast-line			Nouakchott, Mauritania: skyline of the sprawling Moor capital with the Olympic Stadium and theMinistry of Foreign Affairs on the horizon
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: rusting 1960s French pick-up trucks by the fishing harbor - Peugeot 404			Nouakchott province, Mauritania: camels rest in the dunes of the Sahara desert - sand and Calotropis procera plants
		Nouakchott province, Mauritania: traditional Moor tent surrounded by protective thatched wall - white khaima tent in the sand dunes of the Sahara desert			Nouakchott province, Mauritania: close-up of the flowers of the Calotropis procera plant, known as 'apple of Sodom' grows in the sand dunes of the Sahara desert
		Nouakchott province, Mauritania: Calotropis procera plant, known as 'apple of Sodom' grows in the dry sand dunes of the Sahara desert - used in the desert to light fire and as roofing material			Nouakchott province, Mauritania: detail of Calotropis procera plant, the fruit is known as 'apple of Sodom' - growing in the sand dunes of the Sahara desert
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: sand dunes of the Sahara desert with wave pattern created by the wind			Nouakchott, Mauritania: crest of a sand dune of the Sahara desert
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: detail of a Surmi, a camel leather cushion, decorated with painted geometrical ornaments, typically used in the desert in Khaima tents			Nouakchott, Mauritania: desert rose stone from the Sahara desert - formation of crystal clusters of gypsum with sand grains
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: multiple white domes of the Central Courthouse roof, Palace of Justice - Islamic architecture detail - Palais de Justice			Nouakchott, Mauritania: Ibn Abbas Mosque with its simple minaret and 15 blue domes - Abdel Nasser avenue
		Nouakchott, Mauritania: executive power HQ - Prime Minister's office, Primature - government HQ			Nouakchott, Mauritania: central office of Mauritanian Airways on Mamadou Konate street

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Mauritania - Images  - country in the Atlantic coast of North Africa - formerly controled by France. Capital: Nouakchott,

see also: Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Mali, Egypt, Azawad, France, Senegal, Western Sahara, Cape Verde, Canaries, Ceuta, Melilla, Madeira, Mecca, ECOWAS, Africa

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