Kobenni (department)
Department in Mauritania
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Kobenni is a department of Hodh El Gharbi Region in Mauritania.[1][2]
Kobenni
كوبني | |
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| Country |  Mauritania |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,446 sq mi (8,924 km2) |
| Population (2023 census) | |
• Total | 135,158 |
| • Density | 39.23/sq mi (15.15/km2) |
Subsistence farming and livestock rearing are the main economic activities in the Kobenni Department. Kobenni's population comprises various ethnic groups, including Moors (Arab-Berber), Fulani (Pular), Soninke, Bambara, and Tuareg communities. Approximately 49% of the department's inhabitants live below the poverty line, defined as earning less than $1.90 per day. Plasmodium falciparum malaria is endemic to the Kobenni department.[3]
List of municipalities in the department
The Kobenni department is made up of following communes:
