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unusual facts about Atar, Mauritania


Mohamed Harouna

Mohamed Salem Ould Harouna, familiarly known as Sneïdry (born 1950 in Atar) is a Mauritanian footballer and coach.


2011–13 Mauritanian protests

The 2011–13 Mauritanian protests are a series of protests in the North African country of Mauritania that started in January 2011, concurrent with the Arab Spring, and continued into 2012.

Abderrahmane Sissako

Abderrahmane Sissako (born October 13, 1961 in Kiffa, Mauritania) is an award-winning film director and producer who has often worked in Mali and France.

Admetula cornidei

This species is found in European waters and in the Atlantic Ocean along Western Sahara, Canary Islands and Mauritania at depths between 50 m and 125 m.

Ahmad At Tijânî Ibn Bâba Al 'Alawî

Shaykh Ahmad At Tijânî Ibn Bâba Al 'Alawî is a Maliki jurist of the city of Chinguit in Mauritania, a theologian Ash'ari and Tijani imam.

Anthonians

Abram Atar Poresigh retired to the Libanus with three companions, and founded the monastery of the Most Holy Saviour under the protection of St. Anthony, to supply members for mission work.

Atar

From among the flowers associated with the Zoroastrian angels, Adar's is the marigold (calendula) (Bundahishn 27.24).

Boscia senegalensis

Other common names include: aizen (Mauritania), mukheit (Arabic), hanza (Hausa), bere (Bambara), ngigili (Fulani), and mandiarha (Berber).

Callinectes marginatus

Although the name Callinectes marginatus was used by Mary Rathbun and others to also cover animals now referred to the species C. larvatus and C. diacanthus, C. marginatus is now used only for a species found from the Cape Verde Islands and Nouadhibou, Mauritania to Angola.

Cintra Bay

Many species of migratory birds and oceanic birds such as Western Palearctic waders inhabit for wintering on West Sahara´s coastline and more notably in the Cintra Bay region and the Banc d'Arguin National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mauritania where nearly 110species of sea birds are confirmed.

Colonial Mauritania

During this period, there were three marabouts of great influence in Mauritania: Shaykh Sidiya Baba, whose authority was strongest in Trarza, Brakna, and Tagant; Shaykh Saad Bu, whose importance extended to Tagant and Senegal; and Shaykh Ma al Aynin, who exerted leadership in Adrar and the north, as well as in Spanish Sahara and southern Morocco.

Edward P. Brynn

Brynn served as chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Mauritania from July 1982 to February 1983 and chargé d'Affaires ad interim to the Gambia from May 1984 to June 1984 before he was the United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1991–1993) and Ghana (1995–1998).

Gee Bayss

In 2008, hBee Bayss released his first mixtape, “Egotrip N’ Scratchness”, recorded between Dakar (Senegal) and Nouakchott (Mauritania) inviting famous artists of Hip Hop Galsen, such as Big D, Xuman, Duggy Tee, Nix among others.

Indianapolis Braves

Their playing squad included defender Eric Descombes, a current full international player for Mauritania who played in both of that country's 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying games against Zimbabwe in 2003, and former professionals John Swann and Moussa Dagnogo.

Jo Ellen Powell

Powell was nominated to succeed Mark Boulware as US ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on July 15, 2010 by President of the United States Barack Obama, on the same day that Kristie Kenney was nominated as ambassador to the kingdom of Thailand.

Laaroussien

Few members of the Laaroussien live in neighbouring Mauritania; they are not a transfrontier tribe, traditionally, although, as an exception to the rule, a former President of Mauritania (1979–84), Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Heidallah, is Laaroussien - he is born in or near the border region of Ras Nouadhibou, either in Mauritania or what was then Spanish Sahara.

Ma al-'Aynayn

A member of his Gudfiyya brotherhood in 1905 may have assassinated Xavier Coppolani, who was leading the French conquest of Mauritania, thereby delaying the conquest of the emirate of Adrar for a few years.

Mallemin

The mallemin (also maalemine, muallemin etc.; derived from a plural of the Arabic word mu`allim, meaning approximately "sir" or "teacher") were a professional caste of blacksmiths and metalworkers within Hassaniya Arab society, Mauritania, southern Morocco and Western Sahara and .

Mauritania–Morocco relations

Moroccan claims, especially within the Istiqlal party, of Greater Morocco, which would include the entirety of Mauritania were quickly shelved.

Muhammad Ash-Shanqeeti

He was born in 1907 (1325 A.H.) in the region known as the Chinguetti Department (hence the title Shanqeetee in his name), which is the eastern part of the state of Mauritania.

MV María Alejandra

She sunk suddenly on high seas some 130-150 km off the coast west of Nouadhibou, Mauritania on 11 March 1980 after several internal explosions presumably related with malfunction on the inert gas system.

Overall Position

The OP is calculated and used similarly to the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) in other states.

Pan Sahel Initiative

Belida reported that in October 2002, "AF DAS Robert Perry and S/CT Deputy Coordinator Stephanie Kinney, along with other State representatives, visited Chad, Niger, Mauritania and Mali, briefing host nations on the Pan-Sahel Initiative (PSI) ... a program designed to protect borders, track movement of people, combat terrorism, and enhance regional cooperation and stability."

Pearl stingray

The pearl stingray (Dasyatis margaritella) is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in shallow coastal waters from Mauritania to Angola.

Police Beat

The story is narrated by Z in his native Wolof language (the language of Senegal and parts of Mali, the Gambia, Cote d'Ivoire, and Mauritania), though he makes the transition to English when interacting with those around him.

Politics of Mauritania

Mauritania is divided in 12 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1 capital district*; Adrar, Assaba, Brakna, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Gorgol, Guidimaka, Hodh Ech Chargui, Hodh El Gharbi, Inchiri, Nouakchott*, Tagant, Tiris Zemmour, Trarza

Postage stamps and postal history of Mauritania

Mauritania is a country in North Africa bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest.

Pugilina morio

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Gabon, Mauritania; in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles and along Brazil.

Raed al Atar

Reports claim that Atar authorized the August 2010 firing of Grad-style rockets from the Sinai Peninsula at Eilat, Israel and Aqaba, Jordan.

Reserve Naturel de Sel Iode

It is located on the Avenue Gamal Abdel Nasser, near the Ministry of Energy headquarters and opposite the Centro Neuro Psychiatrique de Nouakchott.

Sahelian kingdoms

the 8th century, it was centered in what is today Senegal and Mauritania, it was the first to benefit from the introduction of pack animals by Wolof traders.

Sghair Ould M'Bareck

He replaced Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, who came from the same part of eastern Mauritania as many of the accused 2003 coup plotters.

Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar

Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar was born on 31 May 1957 in Atar ( Mauritania).

Slavery in Mauritania

Even though slavery is illegal, sociologist Kevin Bales believes that Mauritania is the country with the largest proportion of its population in slavery.

SNECMA Atar 101

By September the team were housed at the Dornier factory at Rickenbach near Lindau on Lake Constance and had largely completed design of the ATAR 101 by October 1945.

Communications between the ATAR group and SNECMA, the newly formed Nationalised engine manufacturer, proved to be difficult and the design team soon moved to Decize on the River Loire, to improve communications with SNECMA and was re-named Aeroplanes G.Voisin, Groupe 'O' .

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch

Warpath (David Mack, April 2006): The Jem'Hadar Taran'atar has brutally attacked Captain Kira and Lieutenant Ro, and Commander Vaughn must track him down.

Stephen I of Iberia

One of the reverse of his coins, instead of the sacred flame (Atar), the principal emblem of Zoroastrianism, he placed the Cross – symbol of the victory of Christianity.

Termit Massif Reserve

WWF has classified this reserve as part of the larger ecoregion of the South Saharan Steppe and Woodlands ecoregion that includes a strip of desert land which extends from central Mauritania, Mali, southwestern Algeria, Niger, Chad, and across Sudan to the Red Sea, and borders southern fringes of the Sahara Desert.

Tertiary Entrance Exam

All previous TEE courses and corresponding examinations how now been converted to the new WACE curriculum, as well as the TER (Tertiary Entrance Rank) being replaced with the Australian national standard entrance score, the ATAR.

Tijani Ould Kerim

Tijani Ould Kerim (Born 13 December 1951, in Mederdra, Mauritania) is a Mauritania teacher and diplomat.

UFP

Union of the Forces of Progress (Union des Forces du Progrès), a political party in Mauritania

Visa requirements for Slovenian citizens

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination.

Walo

Waalo, an empire of Senegal and Mauritania between the 13th and 19th centuries

Wolof

Wolof people, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania

Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania

Za'atar

According to Ignace J. Gelb, an Akkadian language word that can be read sarsar may refer to a spice plant.

Written history lacks an early definitive reference to za'atar as a spice mixture, though unidentified terms in the Yale Babylonian Collection may be references to spice blends.


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