Moudjeria

Commune and town in Tagant, Mauritania

17°52′50″N 12°19′55″W / 17.88056°N 12.33194°W / 17.88056; -12.33194Country

MauritaniaRegionTagantElevation

495 ft (151 m)Population

(2013 census)

• Commune and town2,148 • Metro

41,738 ^[1]Time zoneUTC+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]}

The town is served by Letfotar Airport.

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]

^ "Mauritania: Administrative divisions". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
^ 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]
^ Soudan, François (8 December 2008). "La liberté provisoire pour un ex Premier Ministre mauritanien, assujettie au versement d'une caution". Jeune Afrique (in French).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)