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'''Bir Gandus''' or '''Bir Gandouz''' ({{lang-ar|بئر كندوز}} {{transl|ar|DIN|Biʾr Kandūz}}, [[Moroccan Arabic]]: بير گندوز, [[Berber languages|Berber]]: Bir Genduz, {{lang-es|Bir Ganduz}}) is a village in [[Western Sahara]], currently occupied by [[Morocco]].<ref name="United Nations Documents">{{cite web | title=A/RES/35/19 - E - A/RES/35/19 | website=Question of Western Sahara | url=https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/35/19 | page=214 | access-date=8 Apr 2021}}</ref><ref name="WalterUngern-Sternberg2014">{{cite book|author1=Christian Walter|author2=Antje von Ungern-Sternberg|author3=Kavus Abushov|title=Self-Determination and Secession in International Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tGQJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT264|date=5 June 2014|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-100692-0|page=264}}</ref> As a claimed [[Subdivisions of Morocco|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]].<ref name=census2014/> It holds a Moroccan military post.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/WI/0/Bir_Gandus.html "Bir Gandus, Western Sahara Page"], Falling Rain Genomics</ref> Although sometimes called so, it is not a border post. The border post to [[Mauritania]] is to the west on the RN1 at [[Guerguerat]] although the stamp given there bore the name of Bir Gandus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.transafrika.org/pages/laenderinfo-afrika/mauretanien/grenze-mauretanien--marokko.php |title=transafrika.org |language=de |accessdate=4 January 2019}} </ref>
'''Bir Gandus''' ''bi'r qandūz'' (or Bir Gandouz, Bir Gandús) is a village in [[Western Sahara]], on the border with [[Mauritania]], with a [[population]] of less than 50. It holds a Moroccan military post and serves as a passport control on entry or exit to Mauritania.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/WI/0/Bir_Gandus.html "Bir Gandus, Western Sahara Page"], Falling Rain Genomics</ref>

In February 2023, the [[Royal Moroccan Football Federation]] announced the construction of two football fields in Bir Gandouz and [[Guerguerat]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Infrastructures : Le lancement des travaux d’aménagement des terrains de Bir Gandouz et Guergearat |url=https://site.frmf.ma/fr/%d8%a5%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%a3%d8%b4%d8%ba%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%aa%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a8%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%88%d8%a8%d8%a6%d8%b1/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=FRMF |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-23 |title=La FRMF va aménager des terrains à Guergarate et Bir Gandouz |url=https://www.leconomiste.com/flash-infos/la-frmf-amenage-des-terrains-de-foot-guergarate-et-bir-gandouz |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=L'Economiste |language=fr}}</ref>


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Western+Sahara&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=0&z=17&ll=21.614874,-16.470115&spn=0.007351,0.013068&t=h Satellite image on Google Maps]
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Western+Sahara&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=0&z=17&ll=21.614874,-16.470115&spn=0.007351,0.013068&t=h Satellite image on Google Maps]
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Latest revision as of 12:45, 10 May 2023

Bir Gandus
بئر كندوز
Bir Ganduz
Bir Gandus is located in Western Sahara
Bir Gandus
Bir Gandus
Location in Western Sahara
Bir Gandus is located in Africa
Bir Gandus
Bir Gandus
Bir Gandus (Africa)
Coordinates: 21°37′N 16°28′W / 21.617°N 16.467°W / 21.617; -16.467
TerritoryWestern Sahara
Claimed by Morocco
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Controlled and occupied byMorocco
Area
 • Total2,186.44 km2 (844.193 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total4,625
 • Density2.1/km2 (5.5/sq mi)

Bir Gandus or Bir Gandouz (Arabic: بئر كندوز Biʾr Kandūz, Moroccan Arabic: بير گندوز, Berber: Bir Genduz, Spanish: Bir Ganduz) is a village in Western Sahara, currently occupied by Morocco.[2][3] As a claimed 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.[4] Although sometimes called so, it is not a border post. The border post to Mauritania is to the west on the RN1 at Guerguerat although the stamp given there bore the name of Bir Gandus.[5]

In February 2023, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation announced the construction of two football fields in Bir Gandouz and Guerguerat.[6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "A/RES/35/19 - E - A/RES/35/19". Question of Western Sahara. p. 214. Retrieved 8 Apr 2021.
  3. ^ Christian Walter; Antje von Ungern-Sternberg; Kavus Abushov (5 June 2014). Self-Determination and Secession in International Law. OUP Oxford. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-19-100692-0.
  4. ^ "Bir Gandus, Western Sahara Page", Falling Rain Genomics
  5. ^ "transafrika.org" (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Infrastructures : Le lancement des travaux d'aménagement des terrains de Bir Gandouz et Guergearat". FRMF (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  7. ^ "La FRMF va aménager des terrains à Guergarate et Bir Gandouz". L'Economiste (in French). 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2023-05-10.

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