Guidimaka

Location of the Guidimaka administrative region in Mauritania

Departments in Guidimaka

Guidimaka ( Arabic ولاية غيديماغا, DMG Wilāyat Ġīdīmāġā ) is the southernmost region of the African state of Mauritania and is the sixth administrative district of the country, covering only a small area.

The capital is Sélibaby ; Guidimaka is divided into two departments: Sélibaby and Ould Yengé .

In the southwest the Senegal River forms the border to the state of the same name , in the southeast Guidimaka borders on Mali , in the northeast on the administrative region of Assaba and in the northwest on Gorgol . At the 2017 census, the population of the region was 294,500.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mauritania: Regions, Cities & Urban Places - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved May 15, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Statistiques Demographiques: Résultats du RGPH 2000 des Wilayas. ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. République Islamique de Mauritanie  

Coordinates: 15 ° 22 ′  N , 12 ° 7 ′  W