page_title: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region
section_title: Local administration
hierarchical_section_title: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region / Local administration
caption_attribution_description: English: Summary of the original work is: Map of the Dakhlet Nouadhibou department of Mauritania. Created by Rarelibra 20:10, 28 September 2006 (UTC) for public domain use, using MapInfo Professional v8.5 and various mapping resources. I added a larger typeface for the name on the map. - en:User:McTrixie
context_page_description: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region is an administrative division of Mauritania. Its regional capital is Nouadhibou, which is located at its northwestern end and is home to nearly 95% of the region's population. The rest of the shoreline is sparsely populated with villages, but the east of the region is mostly uninhabited.
context_section_description: The local administration is adopted from French local administration framework with the 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 have been decentralized from the district bodies.
  Nouadhibou is one of 15 wilayas (regions). The smallest administrative division in the region is the commune. A group of communes form a moughataa (department) and a group of moughataa form a district. The executive power of the district is vested on a district chief, while it is on the hakem in the moughataa.  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 Senate and Parliamentary elections. On account of the political instability, the last elections were held in 2006. Settlements outside the capital includes Agadir or Arguin, Arkeiss, R'Geiba, Iouik (or Iwik), Tanoudert, Teichott, Ten-Alloul and Tessot.
caption: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region
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