Official Name: | Aousserd |
Other Name: | Auserd, Ausert |
Settlement Type: | Rural commune and town |
Pushpin Map: | Western Sahara#Africa |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Western Sahara |
Subdivision Type: | Territory |
Subdivision Type1: | Claimed by |
Subdivision Name: | Western Sahara |
Subdivision Name1: | Morocco, Sahrawi Republic |
Subdivision Type2: | Controlled by |
Subdivision Name2: | SADR |
Area Total Km2: | 135.17 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 5832 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | WET |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Timezone Dst: | WEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 22.5364°N -14.2858°W |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 52.19 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Aousserd, Ausert or Auserd is a small town and rural commune in Aousserd Province of the Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab region of Western Sahara, disputed between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and under Moroccan control. The number of permanent structures in Aousserd is low, as many residents follow the traditionally nomadic Bedouin lifestyle of the Sahrawis, passing through the town only temporarily and living in tents. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 5832 people living in 225 households.[1]
South of Tindouf, Algeria, there is a Sahrawi refugee camp named after Aousserd.