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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nouakchott, Mauritania.

20th century

  • 1903 - French military outpost built.[1]
  • 1908 - Military outpost abandoned.[1]
  • 1929 - French military outpost reactivated.[1]
  • 1952 - Rosso-Nouakchott highway constructed.[2]
  • 1958:
    • Nouakchott site designated new capital of Mauritania; building of city begins.[1][3]
    • Radio de Mauritanie begins broadcasting.[4]
  • 1960:
    • Capital of newly independent Mauritania moved to Nouakchott from Saint Louis.
    • AS Garde Nationale (football club) formed.
    • Palais de Justice (courthouse) built.
  • 1961:
    • National Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies built.[1]
    • Population: 5,807.[5]
  • 1965 - Population: 15,000 (estimate).[6]
  • 1966 - National School of Administration built.[1]
  • 1968 - Racial unrest.[1]
  • 1970:
    • École normale supérieure de Nouakchott [fr] (school) founded.
    • Population: 25,000.[7]
  • 1973 - ASC Police (football club) formed.
  • 1974:
    • Refugees from drought settle in Ksar Gadid.[7]
    • 5th and 6th arrondissements created.[5]
  • 1975:
    • 25 miles of city streets were paved. Streetlights were installed and bus service started.[7]
    • Convention center constructed near city.[7]
    • Population: 104,054 (of which 54,000 living in shanty towns).[5]
  • 1976:
    • June: City besieged by guerrilla Polisario Front forces.[1]
    • Espoirs Nouakchott [es] football club formed.
  • 1977:
    • July: City besieged by guerrilla Polisario Front forces again.[1]
    • Population: 134,704 (of which 81,467 living in shanty towns).[5]
  • 1978:
  • 1979 - ASAC Concorde (football club) formed.
  • 1980 - ASC Nasr Zem Zem (football club) formed.
  • 1981:
  • 1983 - Stade Olympique (stadium) opens.
  • 1984 - Coup d'état. Overthrow of President Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla.[1][10]
  • 1986 - Friendship Port of Nouakchott opens.[3]
  • 1987 - Racial unrest.[1]
  • 1988 - Population: 393,325.[3]
  • 1989 - Curfew imposed in city after regional ethnic unrest.[1]
  • 1991 - 1 June: Windstorm.[11]
  • 1994 - Le Calame newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1995:
    • "Bread riot" occurs.[1]
    • Al-Akhbar and Nouakchott Info newspapers begin publication.[4]
  • 1996 - Coup attempted and suppressed.[1]
  • 1999 - Grands moulins de Mauritanie [fr] in business.
  • 2000 - Population: 558,195.[12]
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21st century

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