Ayoun el Atrous

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Ayoun el Atrous
Ayoun el Atrous (Mauritania )
Ayoun el Atrous
Ayoun el Atrous
Location in Mauritania
Coordinates: 16°40′N 9°37′W / 16.667, -9.617
Country ‎ Mauritania
Region Hodh El Gharbi


For the Aioun el Atrouss meteorite of 1974, see Meteorite falls.

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. It is the capital of Hodh El Gharbi region.

It's one of the stops in the 2007 Dakar Rally.

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