Assaba (Arabic: ولاية العصابة, romanized: Wilāyat Alʻṣābah) is a region in southern Mauritania, covering an area of 36,600 square km. It had a population of 325,897 at the 2013 Census. Its capital is Kiffa. Other major cities/towns include Guerou. The region borders the Mauritanian regions of Brakna and Tagant to the north, the Mauritanian region of Hodh El Gharbi to the east, Mali to the south and the Mauritanian regions of Gorgol and Guidimaka to the west.
The Aoukar basin, which formerly gave name to the greater region, is located in the north and the east of the central part of Assaba.
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Assaba (Arabic: ولاية العصابة, romanized: Wilāyat Alʻṣābah) is a region in southern Mauritania, covering an area of 36,600 square km. It had a population...
transition of power since independence. Ghazouani was born in Boumdeid, Assabaregion on 4 December 1956. He belongs to a well-known Sufi family in Mauritania...
Fuuta Kingi, meaning 'Old Fuuta', encompassing the Tagant Plateau, the AssabaRegion, the Hodh, Futa Toro and the area around Nioro du Sahel; Fuuta Keyri...
are subdivided into 44 departments. The departments are listed below, by region: Atar Department Chinguetti Department Oujeft Department Ouadane Department...
ASC Assaba is a Mauritanian football club based in Kiffa the capital of AssabaRegion. The club plays in the Mauritanean Premier League. Currently the...
Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine (born in 1963) is a Mauritanian politician and diplomat. A former ambassador to Switzerland, Lemine was named on 28...
(born Owolabi Franck Saturnin Allagbé Kassifa), Beninese footballer; in AssabaRegion, Mauritania Thomas Dreßen, German Olympic alpine skier; in Garmisch-Partenkirchen...
Committee for National Salvation) Personal details Born 1936 (1936) Kiffa, AssabaRegion, Mauritania, French West Africa Died 18 December 2012(2012-12-18) (aged 75–76)...
(IATA: KFA, ICAO: GQNF) is an airport serving Kiffa, a city in the Assabaregion of southern-est Mauritania. Airport information for GQNF[usurped] from...
height of Fula power in the region from the 11th to the 17th centuries, Futa Toro included the plains up to the Tagant and Assaba plateaus.: 27, 33 The valley...
is located in the Aoukar basin, which formerly gave name to the greater region. It has a population of 3,189 at the 2013 census. It is the birthplace of...
Date of birth (1998-10-10) 10 October 1998 (age 25) Place of birth AssabaRegion, Mauritania Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Position(s) Forward Team information...
Rift Valley fever were reported in the extreme southern part of Trarza Region around Rosso. Contagious and infectious diseases were rampant in the kébés...
Niass Date of birth (1994-06-04) 4 June 1994 (age 29) Place of birth AssabaRegion, Mauritania Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Position(s) Forward Team information...
department in south-central Mauritania. Guerou is the region's largest city after Kiffa, capital of AssabaRegion. It is located at around 16°49′N 11°50′W / 16...
Mauritania. Hovratt ehl Cheikh Sid'Elemine nearest to Kiffa capital of AssabaRegion. It is located at around 16°49′N 11°45′W / 16.817°N 11.750°W / 16...
Rachid, Nbeika. The region borders the Mauritanian regions of Adrar to the north, Hodh Ech Chargui to the east, Hodh El Gharbi and Assaba to the south and...
include M'Bout and Maghama. The region borders the Mauritanian regions of Brakna and Assaba to the north, the Mauritanian region of Guidimaka to the south-east...
north-east, Assaba and Gorgol to the south-east, and Trarza to the north-west. The Sénégal River in the south-west runs along the region's border with...
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