Nuakshot (Nouakchott), shahr, poytakhti Mavritaniya, markaan iqtisodiyu madanii mamlakat. Dar sohili uqyonusi Atlantik voqe gashtaast. Iqlimash tropikii biyobovi, harorati miyonai yanvari 21° S, iyul 28° Soli Borishoti solona 150 mm. Aholiash 145 hazor nafar (1979). Nuakshot bandari bahrist; aeroport dorad. Sanoati khurokvori, chubgari va gayra rivoj yoftaast. Inchunin korkhonahoi khurdi hunarmandi, ustokhonahoi gunogun mavjudand. Shahr instituti pedagogi kitobkhonahoi milli va ommavi dorad.
Nuakshot az 28 noyabri 1960 poytakhti Respublikai Islomii Mavritaniya buda, okrugi mustaqili mamuriro tashkil medihad, ki on az tarafi gubernator idora karda meshavad.