Nouakchott
Mauritania
Nouakchott was a small village until 1960 when the city was declared the capital of the newly independent nation of Mauritania. Planned to accommodate fewer than 20,000 inhabitants, the city expanded rapidly in the 1970s, largely due to informal settlements due to immigration from the countryside caused by desertification and loss of agricultural land. A resettlement program to clear these settlements began in 2009.  
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نواكشوط