Kaédi
Sign in to saveKaédi () is the largest city and administrative center of the Gorgol Region of Southern Mauritania, located on the border with Senegal. It is approximately 435 km from Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kaédi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kaedi,center.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kaédi Town Centre
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mauritania
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Mauritania
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Mauritania
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gorgol
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Demba Samba N'Diaye (2023)
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 49152
- Settlement.population_metro
- 121726
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Kaédi () is the largest city and administrative center of the Gorgol Region of Southern Mauritania, located on the border with Senegal. It is approximately 435 km from Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott.
== Overview == The city sits within the "Chemama" Riverine zone along the north bank of the River Senegal where it connects with the Gorgol River. This region is one of the few areas of settled agriculture in the country. Culturally, the city is among the most diverse in Mauritania, consisting of ethnic "White Moors" (Arabic: البيضان) and "Black Moors" (Arabic: السودان), as well as Pulaar, and Soninke communities.