Timeline of Nouakchott

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nouakchott, Mauritania.

20th century
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  • 1903 - French military outpost built.[1]
  • 1908 - Military outpost abandoned.[1]
  • 1929 - French military outpost reactivated.[1]
  • 1952 - Rosso-Nouakchott highway constructed.[2]
  • 1958:
    • Nouakchott site designated new capital of Mauritania; building of city begins.[1][3]
    • Radio de Mauritanie begins broadcasting.[4]
  • 1960:
    • Capital of newly independent Mauritania moved to Nouakchott from Saint Louis.
    • AS Garde Nationale (football club) formed.
    • Palais de Justice (courthouse) built.
  • 1961:
    • National Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies built.[1]
    • Population: 5,807.[5]
  • 1965 - Population: 15,000 (estimate).[6]
  • 1966 - National School of Administration built.[1]
  • 1968 - Racial unrest.[1]
  • 1970:
    • École normale supérieure de Nouakchott (school) founded.
    • Population: 25,000.[7]
  • 1973 - ASC Police (football club) formed.
  • 1974:
    • Refugees from drought settle in Ksar Gadid.[7]
    • 5th and 6th arrondissements created.[5]
  • 1975:
    • 25 miles of city streets were paved. Streetlights were installed and bus service started.[7]
    • Convention center constructed near city.[7]
    • Population: 104,054 (of which 54,000 living in shanty towns).[5]
  • 1976:
    • June: City besieged by guerrilla Polisario Front forces.[1]
    • Espoirs Nouakchott football club formed.
  • 1977:
    • July: City besieged by guerrilla Polisario Front forces again.[1]
    • Population: 134,704 (of which 81,467 living in shanty towns).[5]
  • 1978:
  • 1979 - ASAC Concorde (football club) formed.
  • 1980 - ASC Nasr Zem Zem (football club) formed.
  • 1981:
  • 1983 - Stade Olympique (stadium) opens.
  • 1984 - Coup d'état. Overthrow of President Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla.[1][10]
  • 1986 - Friendship Port of Nouakchott opens.[3]
  • 1987 - Racial unrest.[1]
  • 1988 - Population: 393,325.[3]
  • 1989 - Curfew imposed in city after regional ethnic unrest.[1]
  • 1991 - 1 June: Windstorm.[11]
  • 1994 - Le Calame newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1995:
    • "Bread riot" occurs.[1]
    • Al-Akhbar and Nouakchott Info newspapers begin publication.[4]
  • 1996 - Coup attempted and suppressed.[1]
  • 1999 - Grands moulins de Mauritanie in business.
  • 2000 - Population: 558,195.[12]

21st century

See also

References
  1. Pratt 2008.
  2. Sweco; Nordic Consulting Group (2003), Review of the Implementation Status of the Trans African Highways and the Missing Links (PDF), vol. 2: Description of Corridors, African Development Bank and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
  3. Anthony G. Pazzanita (2008). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania (3rd ed.). United States: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6265-4.
  4. "Mauritania: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2003. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 9781857431315. ISSN 0065-3896.
  5. Theunynck 1983.
  6. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161.
  7. John Darnton (23 November 1976), "Thriving Capital Filling the Void In Mauritania", New York Times
  8. "Mauritanian President Overthrown in Military Coup". Washington Post. 2023-12-21. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  9. Ap (1981-03-17). "MAURITANIA REPORTS IT HAS FOILED AN ATTEMPTED COUP BY 2 EXILES". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  10. "LE COUP D'ÉTAT EN MAURITANIE Le colonel Taya : un nationaliste intègre et compétent". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1984-12-14. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  11. "Winds in Mauritania Kill 4", New York Times, 2 June 1991
  12. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2005. United Nations Statistics Division.
  13. "Mauritania profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  14. "Mauritanian Leader Under Fire". Washington Post. 2024-01-26. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  15. "I'll Be Back, Vows Ousted Mauritanian Leader". Arab News. 2005-08-09. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  16. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
  17. Al Qaeda suspects killed in Mauritania car blast, Reuters, 2 February 2011
  18. "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
  19. "Mauritania's Nouackchott hit by protest over Koran", BBC News, 3 March 2014
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