Bir Gandus Explained

Native Name:بئر كندوز
Other Name:Bir Ganduz
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
Subdivision Type2:Controlled and occupied by
Subdivision Name2:Morocco
Area Total Sq Mi:844.193
Area Total Km2:2,186.44
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:4625
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:21.6167°N -44°W
Pushpin Label:Bir Gandus
Bir Gandus

Bir Gandus or Bir Gandouz (Arabic: بئر كندوز, Moroccan Arabic: بير گندوز, Berber: Bir Genduz, Spanish; Castilian: 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]

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

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21.6167°N -44°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population légale des régions, provinces, préfectures, municipalités, arrondissements et communes du royaume d’après les résultats du RGPH 2014 . ar, fr . . 8 April 2015 . 29 September 2017.
  2. Web site: A/RES/35/19 - E - A/RES/35/19 . Question of Western Sahara . 214 . 8 Apr 2021.
  3. Book: Christian Walter. Antje von Ungern-Sternberg. Kavus Abushov. Self-Determination and Secession in International Law. 5 June 2014. OUP Oxford. 978-0-19-100692-0. 264.
  4. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/WI/0/Bir_Gandus.html "Bir Gandus, Western Sahara Page"
  5. Web site: transafrika.org . de . 4 January 2019.
  6. Web site: Infrastructures : Le lancement des travaux d’aménagement des terrains de Bir Gandouz et Guergearat . 2023-05-10 . FRMF . fr-FR.
  7. Web site: 2023-02-23 . La FRMF va aménager des terrains à Guergarate et Bir Gandouz . 2023-05-10 . L'Economiste . fr.