Moudjeria

Moudjeria
Commune and town
Moudjeria Location in Mauritania
Coordinates: 17°52′50″N 12°19′55″W
Country	Mauritania
Region	Tagant
Elevation	495 ft (151 m)
Population  (2013 census)
• Commune and town	2,148
• Metro	41,738
	[1]
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Moudjeria is a town and commune in the Tagant Region of southern-central Mauritania, founded in 1934 as an administrative post by the French.[2]

Climate

Temperatures during the summer are among the highest in the world and can easily exceed 55 °C (131 °F).^[citation needed]

Transport

The town is served by Letfotar Airport.

Notable people

• Hamadi Ould Baba Ould Hamadi, Mauritanian politician, was born in Moudjeria in 1948.
• Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef, Mauritanian politician, former Prime Minister was born in Moudjeria in 1960.[3]

References

1. "Mauritania: Administrative divisions". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
2. Moustapha Sidatt, « Introduction à l’Histoire du plateau du Tagant », In Conservación y desarrollo en la Meseta de Tagant, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, février 2009, p. 4 [1]
3. Soudan, François (8 December 2008). "La liberté provisoire pour un ex Premier Ministre mauritanien, assujettie au versement d'une caution". Jeune Afrique (in French).

17°52′50″N 12°19′55″W