Rosso
Sign in to saveRosso is the major city of south-western Mauritania and capital of Trarza region. It is situated on the Senegal River at the head of the river zone allowing year-round navigation.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rosso
- Settlement.native_name
- روصو
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Rosso,main-flood1.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Rosso Town Centre
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mauritania
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Mauritania
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Mauritania
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Trarza
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Bamba Sidi Daramane
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 51026
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Rosso is the major city of south-western Mauritania and capital of Trarza region. It is situated on the Senegal River at the head of the river zone allowing year-round navigation.
The town is 204 km south of the capital Nouakchott.