Aoujeft is one of the four departments (officially called moughataas) of the wider Adrar Region (the larger administrative division being called a wilaya), in western Mauritania. The capital lies at Aoujeft.

Aoujeft
أوجفت
Country Mauritania
RegionAdrar Region
Area
 • Total26,159 km2 (10,100 sq mi)
Population
 (2013 census)
 • Total12,997
 • Density0.50/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (+0)

It is made up of four communes, the Agricultural Urban Commune of Aoujeft and the three rural communes of El Medah, Maaden with Terjit and N'Terguent. The total area is 24,556 km² and the population in the 2013 census was 12997, which had fallen from 20,181 in the 2000 census, a decline equivalent to 3.49% per year.[1]

Tergit Oasis, Aoujeft Department

20°01′35″N 13°03′19″W / 20.02639°N 13.05528°W / 20.02639; -13.05528

References edit

  1. ^ "Aoujeft (Department)". www.citypopulation.de. Thomas Brinkhoff. Retrieved 2016-11-27.

Constituency edit

There isn’t really much information, but Aoujeft is also a constituency. In 2018 there were a total of 10,075 voters and only 1 seat in the Mauritanian “congress”.