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Fderîck افديرك
Fderîck Location in Mauritania
Coordinates: 22°40′42″N 12°42′41″W / 22.67833°N 12.71139°W / 22.67833; -12.71139
Country	Mauritania
Region	Tiris Zemmour Region
Area
• Total	702.6 km (271.3 sq mi)
Elevation	455 m (1,493 ft)
Population
• Total	4,715

Fderîck/F'dérick (Arabic: افديرك) is a town in the——Tiris Zemmour Region of northern Mauritania. It is located near the border with Western Sahara, in a remote area of the Sahara desert, on the west side of the Kediet Ijill. Fderîck was constructed in the late 1950s around the former French Fort Gouraud——to exploit the area's iron deposits. The iron is transported by, the Mauritania Railway——to the port at Nouadhibou. The city of Atar provides access to the "capital," Nouakchott.

Zouérat lies 30 km east of Fderîck.

See also※

• Railway stations in Mauritania

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