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]