Elb Adress is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 and one of Boutilimit

Boutilimit

Boutilimit lies 164 km south east of Mauritania's capital of Nouakchott. The town has been an important center of religious scholarship and training since its founding by an Islamic mystic and scholar in the 19th Century. Although desertification has sapped much of the community's economic energy,...

's communes

Communes of Mauritania

There are 216 administrative Communes in Mauritania recognised by the Government of Mauritania.-Agricultural:Adel Bagrou, Aere Mbar, Aghchorguitt, Ain Ehel Taya, Aioun, Ajar, Aleg, Amourj, Aoueinat Zbel, Aoujeft, Arr, Atar, Azgueilem Tiyab, Bababe, Bagrou, Barkeol, Bassiknou, Bethet Meit, Boghé,...

 in the Trarza

Trarza

Trarza is a region in southwest Mauritania. Its capital is Rosso. Other major cities and towns include Mederdra and Boutilimit. The region borders the Mauritanian regions of Inchiri and Adrar to the north, Brakna to the east and Senegal to the south...

 Region of south-western Mauritania

Mauritania

Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

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According to the 2006 Electoral Census, Elb Adress has 6500 residents nearly half of them lives in Elb Adress, the capital of the municipality, while the rest is distributed in the following small rural villages: El-Muhammediyya (in Arabic: المحمدية), Yara (in Arabic: يارا), Bou Sdeira (in Arabic: بو سْدَيرة), El-Igda (in Arabic: العِقدة), Invani (in Arabic: انْفَنِي), Bou Tleihiyya (in Arabic: بو طْلَيحية), and El-Mara'a (in Arabic: المرعى)

Elb Adress is the second largest commune of Boutilimit

Boutilimit

Boutilimit lies 164 km south east of Mauritania's capital of Nouakchott. The town has been an important center of religious scholarship and training since its founding by an Islamic mystic and scholar in the 19th Century. Although desertification has sapped much of the community's economic energy,...

's by order of area.