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Boumdeid
Boumdeid () is a town and commune in Mauritania. It is located in the Aoukar basin, which formerly gave name to the greater region. It has a population of 3,189 at the 2013 census. It is the birthplace of Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani (; born 4 December 1956), also known as Ghazouani and Ould Ghazouani, is a Mauritanian politician and retired army general who has been the 9th President of Mauritania since 2019, and the 22ndch .... References Communes of Assaba region {{Mauritania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boumdeid Department
Boumdeid is a department of Assaba Region in Mauritania. List of municipalities in the department The Boumdeid department is made up of following municipalities: * Boumdeid Boumdeid () is a town and commune in Mauritania. It is located in the Aoukar basin, which formerly gave name to the greater region. It has a population of 3,189 at the 2013 census. It is the birthplace of Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Gh ... * Hsey Tin * Laftah In 2013, the entire population of the Boumdeid Department has a total of 7,917 inhabitants (3,860 men and 4,057 women). References Constituency Boumdeid Constituency occupies less area than the department. In 2018 there were a total of 31,419 registered voters and they have 1 seat in congress. Departments of Mauritania {{Mauritania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of Mauritania
Commune (administrative division), Communes (, ) are the third and lowest level of administrative subdivision of the Mauritania. There are 238 communes in Mauritania as of 2023. List External linksOfficial site Communes of Mauritania, Subdivisions of Mauritania Lists of administrative divisions, Mauritania, Communes Administrative divisions in Africa, Mauritania 3 Third-level administrative divisions by country, Communes, Mauritania Mauritania geography-related lists {{Mauritania-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Mauritania
Moughataas () or Department (administrative division), departments () are the second-level administrative subdivision of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. There are 63 departments in Mauritania as of 2023. List References See also *Regions of Mauritania *Geography of Mauritania {{Mauritania topics Departments of Mauritania, Subdivisions of Mauritania Lists of administrative divisions, Mauritania, Departments Administrative divisions in Africa, Mauritania 2 Second-level administrative divisions by country, Departments, Mauritania Mauritania geography-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani (; born 4 December 1956), also known as Ghazouani and Ould Ghazouani, is a Mauritanian politician and retired army general who has been the 9th President of Mauritania since 2019, and the 22ndchairperson of the African Union from February 2024 until February 2025. Ghazouani is a former general-director of National Security and former chief of staff of the Armed Forces of Mauritania (2008–2018). He was defense minister of Mauritania from October 2018 to March 2019. At that time a close ally of his predecessor Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, he was elected president of Mauritania on 22 June 2019 following the 2019 presidential election. His victory in the 2019 presidential election was presented as having been the country's first peaceful transition of power since independence. Ghazouani has overseen a period of relative stability in Mauritania. He has worked to improve social security and combat corruption, including the arrest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Mauritania ...
Mauritania is divided into 15 regions (): During the Mauritanian occupation of Western Sahara (1975–79), its portion of the territory (mainly corresponding to the lower half of Río de Oro province) was named Tiris al-Gharbiyya. The regions (''wilaya'') are subdivided into 44 departments; see departments of Mauritania for more information. See also * ISO 3166-2:MR References {{Mauritania topics Mauritania 1 Regions, Mauritania Mauritania, Regions Mauritania geography-related lists Subdivisions of Mauritania * Mauritania Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritania
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, Algeria to Algeria–Mauritania border, the northeast, Mali to Mali–Mauritania border, the east and southeast, and Senegal to Mauritania–Senegal border, the southwest. By land area Mauritania is the 11th-largest country in Africa and 28th-largest in the world; 90% of its territory is in the Sahara. Most of its population of some 4.3 million lives in the temperate south of the country; roughly a third of the population is concentrated in the capital and largest city, Nouakchott, on the Atlantic coast. The country's name derives from Mauretania, the Latin name for a region in the ancient Maghreb. It extended from central present-day Algeria to the Atlantic. Berbers occupied what is now Mauritania by the beginning of the third centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoukar
Aoukar or Erg Aoukar () is a geological depression area of south eastern Mauritania. It is located between Kiffa and Néma, south of the Tagant Plateau. The region is also referred to as Hodh or (). Barth, Henry''Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa, being a Journal of an Expedition undertaken under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849–1855'', Vol. 3, pp. 712 ff.Harper & Bros. (New York), 1859. Accessed 18 Apr 2014. The Aoukar basin is a dry natural region of sand dunes and salt pans fringed by escarpments on its northern and eastern sides. History There was once vast reed-covered endorheic lake in the area, but it no longer exists. The former lake of Aoukar extended towards the area of Tichit, bordering the southern edge of the Tagant Plateau. Below the cliffs ''(dhars)'' facing the extinct lake remains of about 400 villages have been found. From east to west, Dhar Néma, Dhar Walata, Dhar Tichitt, and Dha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
