Mauritania Travel

Kajhajdi

Kajhajdi (arab. كيهيدي, fr. Kaédi) – a town in southern Mauritania, the capital of the region Kurkul; 56 thousand. inhabitants (2006). Dominated by the food industry and textiles. The city operates river port (for Senegal) and the national airport. Kajhajdi is located in a very fertile agricultural region (one of the few in the country) at the mouth of the river Kurkul to Senegal. This position makes the city is a regional trade center crop (grown mainly millet, sorghum and vegetables). Kajhajdi is one of the most ethnically diverse cities country – the local community is made up primarily of Moors, Fulan and Soninke, and local culture demonstrates strong influence subsaharyjskich cultures Senegal unlike Arab-culture mauryjskiej other parts of the country.

Mauritania Airways

Mauritania Airways (موريتانيا للطيران) – Mauritanian airlines, founded in 2007 after the bankruptcy of state of Air Mauritanie. The seat of the carrier is in Nouakchott, the main base line Nouakchott International Airport. Mauritania Airways shareholders are the Tunisian national airline Tunisair – 51%, the government of Mauritania – 10% of BSA and a consortium of private investment, belonging to the Mauritanian businessman Mohamed Ould Bouamatou – 39%. The carrier operates domestic and international, including 2 in Europe (France, Canary Islands).

Car and motorcycle

On the road to get the best Mauritania through Morocco and Western Sahara. From the French border to Nouadhibou, about 5,000 km to go around. Boundary between the Moroccan and Mauritanian border still exists one cut, which is not asphalted (4km). The convoy duty on the Western Sahara is lifted, in the border area are still many landmines so that the runway should not be abandoned. The trip to the capital Nouakchott and Nouadhibou is on a new asphalt road possible.

Shall be an internationally valid insurance, which ideally includes A French translation. If this insurance is not available, must be at the point of entry or at the latest in Nouadhibou completed. A carnet de passage is not necessary as the vehicle for a fee of around 10 euros when entering the passcode is entered. In the near future, however, a carnet for vehicles older than 5 years are required.

In case of loss of the vehicle is absolutely spot a police protocol apply to the high Entzollungsgebühren at the exit to escape.

The Ould Daddah era (1960-78)

After independence, President Moktar Ould Daddah, originally installed by the French, formalized Mauritania into a one-party state in 1964 with a new constitution, which set up an authoritarian presidential regime. Daddah’s own Parti du Peuple Mauritanien (PPM) became the ruling organization in a single-party system.

The President justified this decision on the grounds that he considered Mauritania unready for western-style multi-party democracy. Under this one-party constitution, Daddah was reelected in uncontested elections in 1966, 1971 and 1976. He was ousted in a bloodless coup on July 10, 1978, after bringing the country to near-collapse through a disastrous war to annex the southern part of Western Sahara, in an attempt to create a “Greater Mauritania”.

2007 Presidential election

The first fully democratic Presidential election since 1960 occurred on 11 March 2007. The election is the final transfer from military to civilian rule following the military coup in 2005. This is the first time the president has been selected in a multi-candidate election in the country’s post-independence history.

The election was won in a second round of voting by Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, with Ahmed Ould Daddah a close second.

Nouakchott

Nouakchott (Arabic: نواكشوط‎ or انواكشوط‎ [alleged translation from Berber "The place of the winds"] Nawākšūṭ) is the capital and by far the largest city of Mauritania. It is the Sahara’s largest city if one excludes marginal cases like Cairo (in the Nile River Delta) and the cities north of the Atlas Mountains on Africa’s northern coast. The city is the administrative and economic centre of Mauritania.

Mauritania

Mauritania (Arabic: موريتانيا‎ Mūrītāniyā), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in North-West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by Western Sahara on the northwest (most of which is occupied by Morocco). It is named after the ancient Berber kingdom of Mauretania. The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast.