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Place details
- Locality
- Atar أطار
- Region
- Adrar أدرار
- Country
- Mauritanie موريتانيا
- Population
- 31,133
- Timezone
- Africa/Nouakchott
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Mauritania
- Region
- Adrar Region
- Total
- 200.8 km (77.5 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 270 m (890 ft)
- Density
- 175.1/km (453.6/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Mauritania
- Official name
- أطار
- Country
- Mauritania
- Located in
- Atar Department
- Population
- +35170
- Area
- +200.80
- Elevation
- +224
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Atar Department
- Image
- Atar Market (1).JPG
Show 1 more fact
- P1889
Article
Atar (Arabic: أطار, Berber for mountain) is a town in northwestern 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.
In 2023, it had a population of 35,170.