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hreflang="ceb" data-title="Hodh el Gharbi" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodh_El_Gharbi" title="Hodh El Gharbi – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hodh El Gharbi" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodh_El_Gharbi" title="Hodh El Gharbi – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hodh El Gharbi" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n_Hod_Occidental" title="Región Hod Occidental – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Región Hod Occidental" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hod-el-Garbi" title="Hod-el-Garbi – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Hod-el-Garbi" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B6_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="استان حوض غربی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان حوض غربی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodh_El_Gharbi" title="Hodh El Gharbi – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Hodh El Gharbi" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%B8%EB%93%9C%EC%97%98%EA%B0%80%EB%A5%B4%EB%B9%84%EC%A3%BC" title="호드엘가르비주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="호드엘가르비주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodh_El_Gharbi" title="Hodh El Gharbi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hodh El Gharbi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regione_di_Hodh-Gharbi" title="Regione di Hodh-Gharbi – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Regione di Hodh-Gharbi" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hod_el_Garbio_vilaja" title="Hod el Garbio vilaja – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Hod el Garbio vilaja" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodh_El_Gharbi" title="Hodh El Gharbi – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Hodh El Gharbi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodh_El_Gharbi" title="Hodh El Gharbi – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Hodh El Gharbi" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E5%B7%9E" title="ホズ・エル・ガルビ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ホズ・エル・ガルビ州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodh_El_Gharbi_(Regiuun)" title="Hodh El Gharbi (Regiuun) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Hodh El Gharbi (Regiuun)" 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Gharbi (near Ayoun)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Near_ayoun_Mauritania.jpg/250px-Near_ayoun_Mauritania.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Near_ayoun_Mauritania.jpg/375px-Near_ayoun_Mauritania.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Near_ayoun_Mauritania.jpg/500px-Near_ayoun_Mauritania.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1645" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Landscape in Hodh El Gharbi (near Ayoun)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hodh_El_Gharbi_in_Mauritania.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Hodh_El_Gharbi_in_Mauritania.svg/250px-Hodh_El_Gharbi_in_Mauritania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="270" class="mw-file-element" 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Hodh_El_Gharbi_Region&params=16_30_N_10_00_W_region:MR_type:adm1st_source:GNS-enwiki"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">16°30′N</span> <span class="longitude">10°00′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">16.500°N 10.000°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">16.500; -10.000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Mauritania" title="Departments of Mauritania">Departments</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>4</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Ayoun_el_Atrous" title="Ayoun el Atrous">Aïoun</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Kobenni" title="Kobenni">Koubenni</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Tamchekett" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamchekett">Tamchekett</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Tintane_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Tintane Department">Tintane</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ayoun_el_Atrous" title="Ayoun el Atrous">Ayoun el Atrous</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">53,400 km<sup>2</sup> (20,600 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2023 census)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">403,091</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">7.5/km<sup>2</sup> (20/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+0">UTC+0</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">not observed</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2017)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.528<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#900">low</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hodh El Gharbi</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">ولاية الحوض الغربي</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Wilāyat al-Ḥawḍ al-Gharbī</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'Western Basin Region') is a <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Mauritania" title="Regions of Mauritania">region</a> in southern <a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a>, with an area of 53,400 square km. The population at the 2013 census was 294,109. Its capital is <a href="/wiki/Ayoun_el_Atrous" title="Ayoun el Atrous">Aïoun</a> (formerly called Ayoun el Atrous). The region borders the Mauritanian regions of <a href="/wiki/Tagant_Region" title="Tagant Region">Tagant</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Hodh_Ech_Chargui_Region" title="Hodh Ech Chargui Region">Hodh Ech Chargui</a> to the east and <a href="/wiki/Assaba_Region" title="Assaba Region">Assaba</a> to the west. To the south in borders <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a>, and a part of Malian territory protrudes into the region. The <a href="/wiki/Aoukar" title="Aoukar">Aoukar</a> basin, which formerly gave name to a greater region, is located in the northern and central part of Hodh El Gharbi, extending eastwards. </p><p>As of 2013, the population of the region was 294,109, compared to 274,443 in 2011. There were 47.53 per cent females and 52.47 per cent males. As of 2008, the activity rate was 52.00 and economic dependency ratio was 0.88. As of 2008, the literacy rate for people aged 15 years and over was 67.10. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hodh_El_Gharbi_Region&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Avant_Ayoun.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Avant_Ayoun.jpg/250px-Avant_Ayoun.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Avant_Ayoun.jpg/375px-Avant_Ayoun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Avant_Ayoun.jpg/500px-Avant_Ayoun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Landscape near <a href="/wiki/Ayoun_el_Atrous" title="Ayoun el Atrous">Ayoun</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Mauritania is mostly covered with desert, with only its western regions around the coast of <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> having some vegetation. There are some oasis in the desert regions. Since it is a desert, there are large shifting dunes forming temporary ranges. The average elevation is around 460 m (1,510 ft) above the mean sea level. The rainfall in the northern regions closer to the <a href="/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer" title="Tropic of Cancer">Tropic of Cancer</a> receives around 100 mm (3.9 in) of annual rainfall compared to the southern portions that receives around 660 mm (26 in). The average temperature is 37.8 °C (100.0 °F), while during the night it reaches 0 °C (32 °F).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to the geography, the inhabitants historically, have been nomadic. In modern times, people have migrated to urban centres during the drought in the 1970s and the early 1980s. There are a few sedentary cultivators, who are located only in the Southern regions of the country. Research has indicated that the Saharan movement has resulted in reduction of rains in the region from the 1960s, when it received close to 250 mm (9.8 in) of rainfall.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hodh_El_Gharbi_Region&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1977</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">124,194</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1988</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">159,296</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.29%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">212,156</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.42%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2013</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">294,109</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.54%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2023</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">403,091</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.20%</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of 2013, the population of the region was 294,109, compared to 274,443 in 2011. There were 47.53 per cent females and 52.47 per cent males.<sup id="cite_ref-census_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2008, the Couples with children was 53.80 and Couples without children was 3.70. The proportion with extended family was 17.70 per cent and extended single-parent was 8.40 per cent, one-person was 1.60 per cent, and single-parent nuclear was 14.80 per cent.<sup id="cite_ref-house_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-house-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2008, the rate of household confirming the existence of public telephone in their neighbourhood or village was 57.64, rate of households benefiting from electricity post in their neighbourhood was 1.91 per cent, rate of households benefiting from health center or health post in their neighbourhood was 4.84 per cent, and rate of households benefiting from sanitary services was 0.32 per cent.<sup id="cite_ref-household_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-household-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hodh_El_Gharbi_Region&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2008, the activity rate was 52.00 and economic dependency ratio was 0.88. The fraction of people working in government was 8.90 per cent, individual / household private was 51.30 per cent, other was 38.60 per cent, para public was 0.40 per cent, and private enterprise was 0.90 per cent. The Grand Total as of 2008 was 584.98.<sup id="cite_ref-economy_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-economy-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2013, the coverage rate of DPT3 Children From 0 to 11 Months in the region was 68.20 per cent, BGC vaccination was 85.20 and polio vaccination coverage was 67.60.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2007, the number of tourist establishments in the region was 3.<sup id="cite_ref-est_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-est-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2008, the literacy rate for people aged 15 years and over was 67.10. The net enrolment ratio of girls for secondary level was 11.30 per cent, net enrolment ratio of boys for secondary level was 8.40 per cent, and Total net enrolment ratio at secondary level was 9.90 per cent.<sup id="cite_ref-edu_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-edu-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_administration">Local administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hodh_El_Gharbi_Region&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Local administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hodh_El_Gharbi_Departments.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Hodh_El_Gharbi_Departments.png/280px-Hodh_El_Gharbi_Departments.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Hodh_El_Gharbi_Departments.png/420px-Hodh_El_Gharbi_Departments.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Hodh_El_Gharbi_Departments.png/560px-Hodh_El_Gharbi_Departments.png 2x" data-file-width="696" data-file-height="565" /></a><figcaption>Departments of Hodh El Gharbi. </figcaption></figure> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="clear:right; float:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Department</th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>)</th> <th>Population at Census <br /> 25 March 2013<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayoun_el_Atrous_(department)" title="Ayoun el Atrous (department)">Aïoun</a></td> <td align="right">18,960</td> <td align="right">65,237 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kobenni_(department)" title="Kobenni (department)">Koubenni</a></td> <td align="right">8,765</td> <td align="right">92,690 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamchekket_(department)" title="Tamchekket (department)">Tamchekket</a></td> <td align="right">13,565</td> <td align="right">39,013 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tintane_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Tintane Department">Tintane</a></td> <td align="right">12,110</td> <td align="right">97,169 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The local administration is adopted from French local administration framework with a Ministry of Internal Control governing the local bodies. The original administration was held by Governors of each district, but after the municipal elections in 1994, the powers has been decentralized from the district bodies.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mauritania has been divided into 13 <i>wilayas</i> (regions), including the Nouakchott Capital District. The smallest administrative division in the country is the commune and the country has 216 of them. A group of communes form a <i>moughataa</i> (department) and the group of <i>moughataa</i> form a district. There are total of 53 <i>moughataa</i> for the 13 districts in the country. The executive power of the district is vested on a district chief, while it is on <i>hakem</i> for <i>moughataa</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Out of the 216 communes, 53 classified as urban and rest 163 are rural. </p><p>The communes are responsible for overseeing and coordinating development activities and are financed by the state. The Local Governments have their own legal jurisdiction, financial autonomy, an annual budget, staff, and an office. The elections for the local government are conducted every five years along with Regional and Parliamentary elections. On account of the political instability, the last elections were held in 2023. </p><p>Hodh El Gharbi Region is divided into four departments, listed below with their area and populations at the 2013 census.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hodh_El_Gharbi_Region&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Mauritania" title="Departments of Mauritania">Departments of Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Mauritania" title="Regions of Mauritania">Regions of Mauritania</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hodh_El_Gharbi_Region&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-GlobalDataLab-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/">"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab"</a>. <i>hdi.globaldatalab.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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