Assaba ( Arabic : ولاية العصابة , romanized : Wilāyat Alʻṣābah ) is a region in southern Mauritania , covering an area of 36,600 square km. It had a population of 325,897 at the 2013 Census. Its capital is Kiffa . Other major cities/towns include Guerou . The region borders the Mauritanian regions of Brakna and Tagant to the north, the Mauritanian region of Hodh El Gharbi to the east, Mali to the south and the Mauritanian regions of Gorgol and Guidimaka to the west.
8-408: The Aoukar basin, which formerly gave name to the greater region, is located in the north and the east of the central part of Assaba. As of 2013, the population of the region was 325,897, compared to 338,708 in 2011. There were 46.73 percent females and 53.27 percent males. As of 2008, the activity percentage was 46.00 and the economic dependency ratio was 1.13. The percentage of people working in
16-515: Is a geological depression area of south eastern Mauritania . It is located between Kiffa and Néma , south of the Tagant Plateau . The region is also referred to as Hodh or El Hodh ( Arabic : الحوض , lit. 'the Basin '). The Aoukar basin is a dry natural region of sand dunes and salt pans fringed by escarpments on its northern and eastern sides. There
24-546: The Hodh/Aoukar Depression, which, prior to 4000 BCE, was an area with lakes of considerable size, and, after 1000 BCE, was an area that had become increasingly dried. During the emergence of the Tichitt Tradition, it was an oasis area. The Tichitt Tradition of eastern Mauritania dates from 2200 BCE to 200 BCE. Previously administered as part of French Sudan (present-day Mali ), the area
32-432: The government was 3.50, individual/household privates was 27.80, others was 66.30, para-public was 0.60 and private enterprises was 1.80. The grand total as of 2008 was 641.13. As of 2007, the number of tourist establishments in the region was 3. As of 2008, the percentage of couples with children was 32.80 and couples without children was 3.50. The proportion with extended families was 22.00 percent and extended single-parents
40-464: Was 13.00 percent, one-person was 3.70 percent and single-parent nuclear was 25.00 percent. As of 2013, the coverage percentage of DPT3 children from 0 to 11 months in the region was 86.10, BGC vaccination was 107.70 and polio vaccination coverage was 83.40. As of 2008, the percentage of households confirming the existence of public telephones in their neighbourhood or village was 78.24, households benefiting from electricity posts in their neighbourhood
48-497: Was 2.91, households benefitting from health centers or health posts in their neighbourhood was 4.85 and households benefiting from sanitary services was 1.66. As of 2008, the literacy rate for people aged 15 years and over was 50.30 percent. The net enrollment rate in secondary level was 7.00 percent for girls and 7.20 percent for boys, adding up to 7.10 percent in total. The Assaba Region is divided into five departments: Aoukar Aoukar or Erg Aoukar ( Arabic : عوكر )
56-417: Was once vast reed -covered endorheic lake in the area, but it no longer exists. The former lake of Aoukar extended towards the area of Tichit , bordering the southern edge of the Tagant Plateau . Below the cliffs (dhars) facing the extinct lake remains of about 400 villages have been found. From east to west, Dhar Néma , Dhar Walata , Dhar Tichitt , and Dhar Tagant form a semicircular shape around
64-454: Was transferred to French Mauritania in 1944, apparently on a whim of the colonial governor Laigret . The transfer was still resented upon Mali's independence. Formerly more fertile, it is now largely a barren waste. Aoukar/Hodh gave its name to the modern Mauritanian regions of Hodh Ech Chargui and Hodh El Gharbi . The Aoukar is one of the few natural refuges for the addax , a critically endangered kind of antelope which lives in
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