What is Assaba Region?
'''Assaba''' ({{lang-ar|ولاية العصابة}}) is a [[Regions of Mauritania|region]] in [[southern]] [[Mauritania]]. Its [[capital city|capital]] is [[Kiffa]]. The region has [[borders]] near the Mauritanian regions of [[Brakna]] and [[Tagant Region|Tagant]] to the [[north]] and the Mauritanian region of [[Hodh El Gharbi]] to the [[east]]. It also has borders near the Mauritanian regions of [[Gorgol Region|Gorgol]] and [[Guidimaka]] to the [[west]]. It is north of the country of [[Mali]]. The [[Aoukar]] basin is in the north and the east of the [[center|central]] part of Assaba. {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Assaba | native_name = ولاية العصابة | native_name_lang = ar | settlement_type = [[Regions of Mauritania|Region of Mauritania]] | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = | image_map = Assaba in Mauritania.svg | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | coordinates = {{coord|16|36|N|11|55|W|region:MR_type:adm1st_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Mauritania}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Departments of Mauritania|Departments]] | subdivision_name1 = {{Collapsible list|title=5|[[Aftout]]|[[Boumdeid]]|[[Guerou]]|[[Kankossa]]|[[Kiffa]]}} | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | established_title = | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Kiffa]] | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric <!-- square kilometers --> | area_total_km2 = 36600 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 325897 | population_as_of