Bir Gandus

Bir Gandus
Bir Genduz
Border crossing in Bir Gandus
Bir Gandus
Bir Genduz
Location in Western Sahara
Coordinates: 21°37′N 16°28′W / 21.617°N 16.467°W / 21.617; -16.467
Country Western Sahara
Claimed by  Morocco
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Controlled by Morocco
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 4,625

Bir Gandus or Bir Gandouz (Berber: Bir Genduz, Moroccan Arabic: بير گندوز) is a village in Western Sahara controlled by Morocco, on the border with Mauritania. As a rural commune of Morocco it serves as the headquarters of Morocco's Aousserd Province and recorded a population of 4625 in the 2014 Moroccan census.[1] It holds a Moroccan military post and serves as a passport control and security checkpoint on entry or exit to Mauritania.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bir Gandus, Western Sahara Page", Falling Rain Genomics

Coordinates: 21°37′N 16°28′W / 21.617°N 16.467°W / 21.617; -16.467

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