Mederdra is a small town and commune in south-west Mauritania, near the border of Senegal.

[1] It lies on the route of a proposed railway line to connect phosphate mines at Kaédi with the capital and port of Nouakchott.

Malouma Mint El Meidah, a popular singer and politician, was born in Mederdra in 1960.

[2] Horma Ould Babana, politician, was born in Mederdra on 12 March 1912.

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