Bir_Gandouz

Bir Gandus

Bir Gandus

Place in Western Sahara


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]

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


References

  1. "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. "transafrika.org" (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. "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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