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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:
- 1965 - Population: 15,000 (estimate).[6]
- 1966 - National School of Administration built.[1]
- 1968 - Racial unrest.[1]
- 1970:
- École normale supérieure de Nouakchott (school) founded.
- Population: 25,000.[7]
- 1973 - ASC Police (football club) formed.
- 1974:
- 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 football club formed.
- 1977:
- 1978:
- Coup d'état. Overthrow of long-time President Moktar Ould Daddah.[1][8]
- ACS Ksar (football club) formed.
- 1979 - ASAC Concorde (football club) formed.
- 1980 - ASC Nasr Zem Zem (football club) formed.
- 1981:
- Coup attempted and suppressed.[1][9]
- University of Nouakchott established.
- National Archives, and National Library built.[1]
- Population: at least 232,000.[5]
- 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 in business.
- 2000 - Population: 558,195.[12]
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21st century
- 2003 - June: Coup attempted and completely suppressed after two days of heavy fighting.[13][14]
- 2004 - Plague of locusts.[1]
- 2005:
- June: Anti-government protest.[1]
- 3 August: 2005 Mauritanian coup d'état. Overthrow of long-time President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya.[1][15]
- 2008 - Population: 846,871 (estimate).[16]
- 2011:
- January: 2011–12 Mauritanian protests begin.
- 2 February: "Al Qaeda suspects killed in a car blast."[17]
- École supérieure polytechnique de Nouakchott (school) established.
- 2012 - 12 July: Airplane crash occurs at Nouakchott International Airport.
- 2013 - Population: 958,399.[18]
- 2014:
- March: Protest over Holy Koran desecration.[19]
- Maty Mint Hamady becomes mayor of the city.
- Administrative regions Nouakchott-Nord, Nouakchott-Ouest, and Nouakchott-Sud created.
- 2016:
- Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport opens, Nouakchott International Airport closes.
- June: 2016 Arab League summit held in Nouakchott.
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