![[Magharebia/Jemal Oumar] Residents of Nema say they still fear al-Qaeda attacks, more than a year since a suicide bombing.
بعد مرور سنة واحدة من الهجوم الانتحاري الذي استهدف مدينتهم، يقول سكان النعمة إنهم لا يزالون خائفين من هجمات القاعدة
Plus d'un an après l'attentat suicide à la bombe, les habitants de Néma déclarent craindre encore d'éventuelles attaques d'al-Qaïda.
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Néma
Hodh Ech Chargi, Mauritania · Africa
About Néma
Néma sits on the route: 1 hours from Amourj.
Néma is in Hodh Ech Chargi, Mauritania, with about 60,000 people. The nearest town is Amourj, about 57 km away.
Néma (Arabic: النعمه) is a town in southeastern Mauritania, close to the border with Mali. It is located at around 16°37′0″N 7°15′0″W at the eastern end of the Aoukar. It is the capital of Hodh Ech Chargui Region and of the Néma Department.
While the urban population of Nema is approximately 20,000, theRead more
surrounding rural sites served by the city make it closer to 100,000 in the whole Department.
Mauritanians value brousse, or country living, as a throwback to their nomadic roots. "The Road of Hope", which stretches from the capital, Nouakchott, ends in Nema near the market quartier. There are ten quartiers, sections, of the city, the oldest being Edelibu Quartier, northeast of the road, Shovia Quartier, dating from the 1950s, is the only section south of the road.
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Néma is in Hodh Ech Chargi, Mauritania, about 57 km from Amourj.
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- Population
- 60,000
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Mauritania
- Region
- Hodh Ech Chargi
- Timezone
- Africa/Nouakchott
- Coordinates
- 16.6170, -7.2565
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