Elb Adress Explained

Elb Adress
Other Name:'Elb Adres
Native Name:علب آدرس
Settlement Type:Commune and village
Pushpin Map:Mauritania
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mauritania
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mauritania
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Trarza
Subdivision Type2:Department
Subdivision Name2:Boutilimit
Subdivision Type3:Commune
Subdivision Name3:Elb Adress
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2000
Population Total:3427
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:17.59°N -14.4481°W
Native Name Lang:ar

Elb Adress or Elb Adres[1] (Arabic: عِلْب آدْرِس) is a village and commune of Boutilimit in the Trarza Region of south-western Mauritania.

The commune includes the village of Elb Adress and the smaller satellite villages of El-Muhammediyya (Arabic: المحمدية), Yara (Arabic: يارا), Bou Sdeira (Arabic: بو سْدَيرة), El-Igda (Arabic: العِقدة), Invani or Invéni (Arabic: انْفَنِي), Bou Tleihiyya (Arabic: بو طْلَيحية), and El-Mara'a (Arabic: المرعى).

Population

According to the 2000 Mauritanian census, the commune of Elb Adress had 3,427 residents, of whom 1,816 were male and 1,611 female.[2]

According to the 2006 electoral census, the commune of Elb Adress has 6500 residents, of whom almost half lived in the village of Elb Adress.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mauritania . Official Standard Names Gazetteer . 100 . United States Board on Geographic Names, Office of Geography, U.S. Department of the Interior . Washington, D.C. . 1966 . 46 .
  2. Web site: Résultats prioritaires du troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat – 2000 . National Statistics Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development, Islamic Republic of Mauritania . 2003 . fr .