Trarza Region

Trarza (Arabic ولاية الترارزة, DMG Wilāyatu t- Tarāriza ) is an administrative region in the southwest of the West African country of Mauritania.

The capital of the administrative region and one of the six articulated districts ( Rosso ) is Rosso, the names of the other districts also denominated according to their main varieties:

  • Boutilimit ( Boutilimit )
  • Keur Macène ( Keur Macène )
  • Mederdra ( Mederdra )
  • Ouad Naga ( Naga Ouad )
  • R'Kiz ( R'Kiz )

Trarza bordered to the north by the administrative regions Inchiri and Adrar, to the east by Brakna, to the south by Senegal and the west by the Atlantic Ocean and the capital district of Nouakchott.

History

The core area of the pre-colonial Emirate Trarza coincides approximately with the present administrative region. It consisted of a combination of several Bani Hassan tribes belonging to the Bidhans. In the 18th century, their influence extended further north along the coast to Arguin, in the north- east to the hill country of Adrar and the east to the Emirate of Brakna in the same administrative region today.

The income of the wealthy emirate has been achieved mainly through trade in gum arabic, which is harvested from Verek Acacia.

DIN 31635 Regions of Mauritania Inchiri Region Adrar (Region) Brakna Region Adrar-Plateau Assaba Region Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region Gorgol Region Guidimaka Region Hodh Ech Chargui Region Hodh El Gharbi Region
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