Cansado

Also known as Kānṣādū

Cansado () is a coastal town in north-western Mauritania on the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region.

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Locality: كانصادو
Region: Dakhlet Nouadhibou ولاية داخلة نواذيبو
Country: Mauritanie موريتانيا
Population: 0

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Official name: كانصادو
Image: Nouadhibou,Cansado1.jpg

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native label: كانصادو
Commons category: Cansado

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Cansado () is a coastal town in north-western Mauritania on the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region.

It was built from scratch in the early 1960s for the staff administering the port and railhead for the iron ore mining company MIFERMA (Societe Anonyme des Mines de Fer de Mauritanie) as part of their iron mine development project at Zouérate.

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