Tintane

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Tintane
طينطان
Commune and town

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Tintane
Location in Mauritania
Coordinates: 16°24′N10°10′W / 16.400°N 10.167°W / 16.400; -10.167
CountryFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
Population (2013)
  Total 21,736 [1]
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Tintane (Arabic:طينطان) is a town and commune in Mauritania. It is located in the Hodh El Gharbi region of Mauritania, and is an important stop on the "Road of Hope", the largest and most important road in Mauritania, which links Nouakchott to Néma.

Arabic Central Semitic language

Arabical-ʻarabiyyah[alʕaraˈbijːa](listen) or ʻarabī[ˈʕarabiː](listen) or Arabic pronunciation: [ʕaraˈbij]) is a Central Semitic language that first emerged in Iron Age northwestern Arabia and is now the lingua franca of the Arab world. It is named after the Arabs, a term initially used to describe peoples living in the area bounded by Mesopotamia in the east and the Anti-Lebanon mountains in the west, in northwestern Arabia, and in the Sinai Peninsula. Arabic is classified as a macrolanguage comprising 30 modern varieties, including its standard form, Modern Standard Arabic, which is derived from Classical Arabic.

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Coordinates: 16°24′N10°10′W / 16.400°N 10.167°W / 16.400; -10.167

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References

  1. "Tintane (Department) - Population Statistics, Map and Location." Tintane (Department, Mauritania). City Population, 2013. Web. 02 Jan. 2015.