Atar, Adrar Region, Mauritania

Tourist Industry | Small business sector

🇲🇷 Atar (Arabic: أطار‎, Berber for mountain) is a town in north-western Mauritania, the capital of the Adrar Region and the main settlement on the Adrar Plateau. Situated on the oued Seguellil, it is home to an airport, a museum and a historic mosque, constructed in 1674.

Tourist Industry Today, the Atar is best known to outsiders as an entryway for tourists to visit the ruins of the ancient Moorish cities of Ouadane and Chinguetti. It was a key stop in the world's longest off-road race, the Paris Dakar Rally, held every January.

Small business sector The "samaras" (from Arab smela : sole) are made in Atar and well known in Mauritania. It's a leather sole with straps.

Nouakchott Time 

Atar has a population of over 25,190 people. Atar is situated 439 km from Nouakchott.

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Antipodal to Atar is: 166.95,-20.517

Locations Near: Atar -13.05,20.5167

🇲🇷 Zouérat -12.467,22.733 d: 253.7  

🇲🇷 Aleg -13.917,17.05 d: 396.1  

🇲🇷 Nouakchott -15.98,18.092 d: 408.9  

🇲🇷 Nouadhibou -17.04,20.937 d: 417.5  

🇪🇭 Dakhla -15.933,23.7 d: 462  

🇸🇳 Dagana -15.6,16.483 d: 522.9  

🇲🇷 Rosso -15.8,16.5 d: 532.5  

🇲🇷 Maghama -12.85,15.517 d: 556.4  

🇸🇳 Saint-Louis -16.5,16.033 d: 617.4  

🇸🇳 St-Louis -16.49,16.025 d: 617.5  

Antipodal to: Atar 166.95,-20.517

🇳🇨 Nouméa 166.45,-22.267 d: 19813.7  

🇳🇨 Koné 164.852,-21.059 d: 19788.8  

🇻🇺 Port Vila 168.315,-17.737 d: 19674.3  

🇫🇯 Lautoka 177.456,-17.611 d: 18864.9  

🇫🇯 Suva 178.427,-18.136 d: 18782.4  

🇫🇯 Nausori 178.534,-18.031 d: 18768.5  

🇸🇧 Honiara 159.95,-9.433 d: 18572.2  

🇦🇺 Hervey Bay 152.855,-25.29 d: 18478  

🇦🇺 Fraser Coast 152.831,-25.291 d: 18475.7  

🇦🇺 Sunshine Coast 153.087,-26.653 d: 18447.7  

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