Communes of Hodh Ech Chargui region

thumb|right|305px|Trade routes of the Western Sahara Desert c. 1000–1500. Goldfields are indicated by light brown shading: Bambuk, Bure, Lobi, and Akan. Oualata or Walāta () (also Biru in 17th century chronicles) is a small oasis town in southeast Mauritania, located at the eastern end of the Aoukar basin. Oualata was important as a caravan city in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries as the southern terminus of a trans-Saharan trade route and now it is a World Heritage Site.

Néma () is a town in southeastern Mauritania, close to the border with Mali. It is located at around at the eastern end of the Aoukar. It is the capital of Hodh Ech Chargui Region and of the Néma Department.

commune of Mauritania

Bassiknou or Bassikounou is a town and commune in the Hodh Ech Chargui Region of south-eastern Mauritania.

Amourj is a town in the Hodh Ech Chargui Region of eastern Mauritania near the frontier of Mali.

Bougadoum is a town and commune in the Hodh Ech Chargui Region of south-eastern Mauritania.

Fassala, Fassale, Fessale, or Vassale () is a town and commune in the Hodh Ech Chargui Region of south-eastern Mauritania, on the Malian border.

commune and village in Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania

Beneamane or Benamane is a village and rural commune in the Hodh Ech Chargui Region of south-eastern Mauritania.

commune and village in Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania

Feireni is a village and rural commune in the Hodh Ech Chargui Region of south-eastern Mauritania.

commune and village in Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania

Jreif is a village and rural commune in the Hodh Ech Chargui Region of south-eastern Mauritania.

commune and town in Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania

commune and village in Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania

commune and village in Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania