Atar Department

Last updated
Atar

أطار
Mauritania Atar Department.png
Country Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Region Adrar Region
Capital Atar
Area
  Total26,250 km2 (10,140 sq mi)
Population
 (2013 census)
  Total38,877
  Density1.5/km2 (3.8/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (+0)

Atar is a department of the Adrar Region in western Mauritania. [1] The capital lies at Atar. The other villages in the department are Ain Ehel Taya, Tawaz, Azougui and Choum.

Related Research Articles

Victoria Island (Canada) island in arctic Canada

Victoria Island is a large island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago that straddles the boundary between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the eighth largest island in the world, and at 217,291 km2 (83,897 sq mi) in area, it is Canada's second largest island. It is nearly double the size of Newfoundland (111,390 km2 [43,008 sq mi]), and is slightly larger than the island of Great Britain (209,331 km2 [80,823 sq mi]) but smaller than Honshu (225,800 km2 [87,182 sq mi]). It contains the world's largest island within an island within an island. The western third of the island belongs to the Inuvik Region in the Northwest Territories; the remainder is part of Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region.

Atar, Mauritania Commune and town in Adrar Region, Mauritania

Atar is a town in northwestern Mauritania, the capital of the Adrar Region and the main settlement on the Adrar Plateau. It is home to an airport, a museum and a historic mosque, constructed in 1674. In 2013 it had a population of 25,190.

Pedro Bank Submerged bank in Nicaragua Rise, Caribbean

Pedro Bank is a large bank of sand and coral, partially covered with seagrass, about 80 km south and southwest of Jamaica, rising steeply from a seabed of 800 metres depth. It slopes gently from Pedro Cays to the west and north with depths from 13 to 30 metres. The total area of the bank within the 100-metre (328-foot) isobath measures 8,040 square kilometres. The area of a depth to 40 metres is triangular, 70 kilometres long east-west, and 43 kilometres wide. 2,400 square kilometres are less than 20 metres deep. With its islets, cays and rocks, a total land area of 270,000 m2 (2,906,256 sq ft), it is the location of one of the two offshore island groups of Jamaica, the other one being the Morant Cays. The bank is centered at 17°06′N78°20′W.

Flateyri Village in Northwest Constituency, Iceland

Flateyri is a village situated in Iceland's Westfjords. With a population of approximately 200, it is the largest settlement in Önundarfjörður.

Muirkirk village in East Ayshire, Scotland

Muirkirk is a small village in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland. It is located on the north bank of the River Ayr, between Cumnock and Glenbuck on the A70.

Palacios de Sanabria is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 322.

Villalcampo is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 624 inhabitants.

Ta Lam is a khum (commune) of Mongkol Borei District in Banteay Meanchey Province in western Cambodia.

Batanga, Burkina Faso is a village in the Zimtenga Department of Bam Province in northern-central Burkina Faso. It has a population of 783.

Bonda, Burkina Faso Place in Centre-Nord Region, Burkina Faso

Bonda, Burkina Faso is a village in the Zimtenga Department of Bam Province in northern-central Burkina Faso. It has a population of 900.

Kargo, Burkina Faso is a town in the Zimtenga Department of Bam Province in northern-central Burkina Faso. It has a population of 1174.

Léré (Burkina) is a village in the Bané Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. As of 2005, the village has a population of 684.

Dassari is a village in the Manni Department of Gnagna Province in eastern Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 981.

Hopewell is a settlement in Christ Church Parish, Barbados.

Tehuipango is a municipality located in the montane central zone in the State of Veracruz, about 110 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 111.04 km2. It is located at 18°31′N97°03′W. Santiago Tehuipango, it was a people belonging to Zongolica's federation, during the 16th century, later it tried to form its own town hall; in 1831 a municipality was consisting already of basics schools and parish of masonry. It was bordering on Mixtla, Eloxitlan, Alcomunga, Astacinga and Texhuacán.

Guapirama is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.

Kudani is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.

Hektoria Glacier

Hektoria Glacier is a glacier flowing south from the area around Mount Johnston between Mount Quandary and Zagreus Ridge into Vaughan Inlet next west of Brenitsa Glacier and east of Green Glacier, on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Sal Glacier Glacier in Antarctica

Sal Glacier is a glacier, 7 nmi long, flowing north between Salen Mountain and Mount Bergersen in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named Salbreen, probably for its association with Salen Mountain.

El Casar de Escalona is a village in the province of Toledo and autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

References

Coordinates: 20°31′N13°03′W / 20.517°N 13.050°W / 20.517; -13.050

Palm tres near the town of Atar. Atar Batha (2).jpg
Palm tres near the town of Atar.