Nouakchott

E13475

capital city city

Nouakchott is the capital and largest city of Mauritania, located on the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city → city →
capitalOf	Mauritania →
climateClassification	BWh →
coast	Atlantic coast →
continent	Africa →
country	Mauritania →
countryCapital	Mauritania →
geographicFeature	low-lying coastal plain →
hasClimate	hot desert climate →
hasFeature	informal settlements → rapid urban growth → urban sprawl →
hasFunction	administrative center → commercial center → transport hub →
hasGovernmentBuildings	ministries of Mauritania → presidential palace →
hasJudicialInstitution	Supreme Court of Mauritania →
hasLegislativeBody	National Assembly of Mauritania →
hasMajorReligion	Islam →
hasNameInArabic	نواكشوط →
hasNationalSignificance	cultural center → economic hub → political capital →
hasOfficialLanguage	Arabic → French →
hasReligiousBuildingType	mosques →
hasRole	national capital →
hasTransportInfrastructure	international airport → road network → seaport →
hasUrbanType	coastal city →
isAdministrativeCenterOf	Mauritania →
isCapitalSince	1960s →
isEconomicCenterOf	Mauritania →
isInSovereignState	Mauritania →
isLargestCityOf	Mauritania →
isPoliticalCenterOf	Mauritania →
isPortCityOn	Atlantic Ocean →
isSeatOfGovernmentOf	Mauritania →
locatedIn	Northwest Africa →
locatedInRegion	Sahel →
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+0 →
locatedOn	Atlantic Ocean →
riskFactor	coastal erosion → sea-level rise →
usesCurrency	Mauritanian ouguiya →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arab world → West Africa →	hasMajorCity
National Assembly of Mauritania → Supreme Court of Mauritania →	locatedIn
MRT →	associatedCapital
Mauritania →	capital
Francophonie →	hasKeyCity
Nouakchott ("نواكشوط") →	hasNameInArabic
Mauritania →	largestCity