Aoujeft Department Explained

Aoujeft
Settlement Type:Department
Native Name:أوجفت
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Adrar Region
Area Total Km2:26159
Population As Of:2013 census
Population Total:12997
Population Density Km2:auto
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Aoujeft is one of the four departments (officially called moughataas) of the wider Adrar Region (the larger administrative division being called a wilaya), in western Mauritania. The capital lies at Aoujeft.

It is made up of four communes, the Agricultural Urban Commune of Aoujeft and the three rural communes of El Medah, Maaden with Terjit and N'Terguent. The total area is 24,556 km² and the population in the 2013 census was 12997, which had fallen from 20,181 in the 2000 census, a decline equivalent to 3.49% per year.[1]

20.0264°N -13.0553°W

Constituency

There isn’t really much information, but Aoujeft is also a constituency. In 2018 there were a total of 10,075 voters and only 1 seat in the Mauritanian “congress”.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aoujeft (Department) . 2016-11-27 . Thomas Brinkhoff. www.citypopulation.de.