Elb Adress or Elb Adres () is a village and
commune of
Boutilimit
Boutilimit () lies 164 km southeast of Mauritania's capital of Nouakchott.
The estimated population in 2013 was 26,926.
The town is also well known in the region for its production of handicraft items, particularly Carpet, rugs made from came ...
in the
Trarza
Trarza () is a region in southwest Mauritania. Its capital is Rosso. Other major cities and towns include Mederdra and Boutilimit. Trarza borders the regions of Inchiri and Adrar to the north, Brakna to the east, and the country of Senegal t ...
Region of south-western
Mauritania
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, ...
.
The commune includes the village of Elb Adress and the smaller satellite villages of El-Muhammediyya (), Yara (), Bou Sdeira (), El-Igda (), Invani or Invéni (), Bou Tleihiyya (), and El-Mara'a ().
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.
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.
References
Communes of Trarza region
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