Bir Gandus

Bir Gandus or Bir Gandouz (Arabic: بئر كندوز‎ Biʾr Kandūz, Moroccan Arabic: بير گندوز, Berber: Bir Genduz, Spanish: Bir Ganduz) is a village in Western Sahara controlled by Morocco. As a 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 [2] . 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 [3].

Bir Gandus
Bir Genduz

بئر كندوز
Bir Ganduz
Bir Gandus
Bir Genduz
Location in Western Sahara
Coordinates: 21°37′N 16°28′W
CountryWestern Sahara
Claimed by Morocco
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Controlled byMorocco
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total4,625

References
  1. "Population légale des régions, provinces, préfectures, municipalités, arrondissements et communes du royaume d'après les résultats du RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. "Bir Gandus, Western Sahara Page", Falling Rain Genomics
  3. "transafrika.org" (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2019.

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