Trarza (Arabic: ولاية الترارزة, romanized: Wilāyat al-Tarārizah) is a region in southwest Mauritania. Its capital is Rosso. Other major cities and towns include Mederdra and Boutilimit.
The Emirate of Trarza (arabic: إمارة ترارزة) was a pre-colonial state in what is today southwest Mauritania. It has survived as a traditional confederation of semi-nomadic people to the present day. Its name is shared with the modern Region of...
Ibrahim Thiaw is a Mauritanian public servant who served as executive secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) from 2019 to 2025.
Hamada Ould Mohamed Kheirou nom de guerre Abu Qum-Qum was a Mauritanian jihadist and the founder of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO/MOJWA).
The Battle of Leybar Bridge was fought on 21 April 1855 between the Trarza army of Mohammed al-Habib and the French garrison of the tower on Leybar Bridge, outside of Saint-Louis in the French colony of Senegal, during the Second Franco-Trarza War.
Boutilimit is a department of Trarza Region in Mauritania.
Ouad Naga is a department of Trarza Region in Mauritania.
R'Kiz is a department of Trarza Region in Mauritania.
Rosso is the major city of south-western Mauritania and capital of Trarza region. It is situated on the Senegal River at the head of the river zone allowing year-round navigation. The town is 204 km south of the capital Nouakchott.
This is a list of regions of Mauritania by Human Development Index as of 2025 with data for the year 2023. An HDI value is calculated for the Trarza Region and the city of Nouakchott (comprising the regions of Nouakchott-Nord, Nouakchott-Ouest and...