Bir Gandus or Bir Gandouz ( ar, بئر كندوز ,

Moroccan Arabic Moroccan Arabic ( ar, العربية المغربية الدارجة, translit=al-ʻArabīya al-Maghribīya ad-Dārija ), also known as Darija (), is the dialectal, vernacular form or forms of Arabic spoken in Morocco. It is part of the Maghrebi ...

: بير گندوز,

Berber Berber or Berbers may refer to: Ethnic group * Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa * Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages Places * Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile People with the surname * Ady Berber (1913–196 ...

: Bir Genduz, es, Bir Ganduz) is a village in

Western Sahara Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the r ...

controlled by

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

. As a rural commune of Morocco it serves as the headquarters of Morocco's

Aousserd Province Aousserd is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 7,689. Subdivisions The prefecture is divided administratively into the follow ...

and recorded a population of 4625 in the

2014 Moroccan census The 2014 Moroccan census was held in Morocco between 1 September and 20 September 2014. The census was conducted by the High Planning Commission.Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

is to the west on the RN1 at

Guerguerat Guerguerat ( ar, الكركرات , ary, گرگرات, ber, Gargaren) is a small village in the far south west of Western Sahara, from the border with Mauritania and from the Atlantic Ocean. The village is under the control of Morocco. The ...

although the stamp given there bore the name of Bir Gandus.

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{{WesternSahara-geo-stub Provincial capitals in Morocco Populated places in Aousserd Province Populated places in Western Sahara Mauritania–Western Sahara border