Nouakchott

Mauritania

Nouakchott is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. Located in the southwestern part of the country, it is one of the largest cities in the Sahara. The city also serves as the administrative and economic center of Mauritania.

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Country: Mauritania
Population: 742,144
Latitude: 18.09° N
Longitude: 15.98° O

Which way is Nouakchott from…

From Paris, Nouakchott lies at 212° to the south-west, 3,798 km as the crow flies.

Paris	212° south-west	3,798 km
London	206° south-west	3,969 km
New York	97° east	6,034 km
Madrid	209° south-west	2,747 km
Rome	234° south-west	3,778 km
Montreal	100° east	6,077 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	294° north-west	8,904 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Nouakchott and Kingston, in Jamaica, share the same latitude. From London, aim south-west, at 206°, 3,969 km away. From Montreal, a flat map would send you south-east, at 120°; the compass says 100°, east, and from New York it is 97° instead of 114°. To place it, Dakar is 407 km to the south-west and Banjul 519 km to the south.