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Ayoun el Atrous
Ayoun el Atrous
	Rural Ayoun el Atrous
	Ayoun el Atrous Location in Mauritania
	Coordinates: 16°40′N 9°37′W / 16.667°N 9.617°W
Country	Mauritania
Region	Hodh El Gharbi
Area
• City	111.4 km2 (43.0 sq mi)
Elevation	259 m (850 ft)
Population (2013 census)
• City	24,199
• Urban	22,796

Ayoun al Atrous (also known as Aioun el Atrouss) (Arabic: عيون العتروس) is a town in southern Mauritania. It is located at around 16°40′0″N 9°37′0″W / 16.66667°N 9.61667°W / 16.66667; -9.61667. It is the capital of Hodh El Gharbi region.

The city is served by the Aioun el Atrouss Airport, 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of the city. The town is located in the southern area of the Aoukar, a former lake basin.^[1]

Ayoun al Atrous was one of the stops in the 2007 Dakar Rally.

References

^ Aoukar

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[1] Aoukar

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