Kiffa

Kiffa (Arabic: كيفة) is a large town in the far south region of Mauritania, and the name of an administrative area within the local Assaba Region. Kiffa is located at 16.63°N 11.4°W / 16.63; -11.4, some 600 kilometres (370 mi) from the coast and at the western end of the Aoukar sand sea of southern Mauritania.