Gazra
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Mauritania
Added August 03, 2025
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A local term referring to squatting land or informal shantytowns that spring up when people occupy land illegally. Faire la gazra (French mix) means staking out unclaimed land to live on. It's a big issue in Nouakchott.
"E be taam i gazra? (He went to settle in a gazra?) – implying someone moved to an informal settlement."
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