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Atar

Atar is a town of 25,000 people (2013) in Saharan Mauritania. It is a great base for exploring the Adrar region, and tends to be slightly cheaper overall than Chinguetti. Wikivoyage

Population 35,170 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Mauritania

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Mauritania

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Marché سوق

    No hours mapped

    380 m from the centre

  • Marché d'Atar السوق أطار

    No hours mapped

    480 m from the centre

  • Place du Marché مكان السوق

    No hours mapped

    480 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 4 places to eat

Getting around

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