Assaba

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Nouakchott Trarza Dakhlet Nouadhibou Brakna Gorgol Guidimaka Assaba Tagant Inchiri Hodh El Gharbi Adrar Tiris Zemmour Hodh Ech Chargui Senegal Mali Marokko Spanien (Kanarische Inseln) Westsahara: de-facto teils zu Marokko und vollständig von Marokko beansprucht Algerien
Location of the administrative region of Assaba in Mauritania
Departments in Assaba

Assaba ( Arabic ولاية العصابة, DMG Wilāyat al-ʿAṣāba ) is an administrative region in the south of the West African country of Mauritania . In 2017, the region's population was estimated at 360,200.

The capital of Assaba is Kiffa , another important center is Kankossa . Assaba is divided into the five departments Barkewol , Boumdeid , Guérou , Kankossa and Kiffa .

The region borders in the north on the administrative regions Brakna and Tagant , in the east on Hodh El Gharbi , in the south on neighboring Mali and in the west on Gorgol and Guidimaka .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mauritania: Regions, Cities & Urban Places - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .

Coordinates: 16 ° 40 ′  N , 11 ° 43 ′  W