Boutilimit ( ar, بوتلميت) lies 164 km south east of

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

's capital of

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. The estimated population in 2005 was 27,170. The town is also well known in the region for its production of handicraft items, particularly rugs made from camel or goat hair, as well as silver crafts.

Notable People

Notable people from the town include

Moktar Ould Daddah Moktar Ould Daddah ( ar, مختار ولد داداه, Mukhtār Wald Dāddāh; December 25, 1924 – October 14, 2003) was a Mauritanian politician who led the country after it gained its independence from France. Daddah served as the country's ...

, the nation's first president following independence from

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, the writers

Aïchetou Mint Ahmedou Aïchetou Mint Ahmedou is a Mauritanian writer, working in French. Born in Boutilimit, Ahmedou completed her primary and secondary schooling in Nouakchott, where she then studied the sciences. She has written poetry, articles, and stories, many of ...

and

Moussa Ould Ebnou Moussa Ould Ebnou (born 1956) is one of Mauritania’s greatest novelists. He has published two novels in French: ''L’amour impossible'' (1990) and ''Le Barzakh'' (1994), which were later published in Arabic as: الحب المستحيل ("al-Hub ...

, the deputy L’Malouma Said, and the journalist

Naha Mint Seyyidi Naha Mint Mohamed Lemine Ould Seyyidi ( – July 24, 2021) was a Mauritanian journalist. She was considered the first woman to work in media in Mauritania. Biography Seyyidi was born in Boutilimit, Mauritania. She was an autodidact, having no fo ...

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was born in Boutilimit, he is a Mauritanian Muslim scholar, author, writer, and poet. BoutilimitRue

References

The Boutilimit City

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