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Es Semara Province
Es Semara is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Its population in 2004 was 60,426. Its major town is Es Semara. Subdivisions The province is divided administratively into the following: References Es Semara Province Es Semara is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Its population in 2004 was 60,426. Its major town is Es Semara Es, ES, or similar may refer to: Arts and enterta ...
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Province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Roman Italy, Italy. The term ''province'' has since been adopted by many countries. In some countries with no actual provinces, "the provinces" is a metaphorical term meaning "outside the capital city". While some provinces were produced artificially by Colonialism, colonial powers, others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities. Many have their own powers independent of central or Federation, federal authority, especially Provinces of Canada, in Canada and Pakistan. In other countries, like Provinces of China, China or Administrative divisions of France, France, provinces are the creation of central government, with very little autonomy. Etymology The English langu ...
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Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south. Mauritania lies to the south of Western Sahara. Morocco also claims the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. It spans an area of or , with a population of roughly 37 million. Its official and predominant religion is Islam, and the official languages are Arabic and Berber; the Moroccan dialect of Arabic and French are also widely spoken. Moroccan identity and culture is a mix of Arab, Berber, and European cultures. Its capital is Rabat, while its largest city is Casablanca. In a region inhabited since the Paleolithic Era over 300,000 years ago, the first Moroccan s ...
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Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra ( ar, العيون - الساقية الحمراء, al-ʿuyūn as-sāqiya l-ḥamrāʾ; ber, ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ ⵜⴰⵔⴳⴰ ⵜⴰⵣⴳⴳⵯⴰⵖⵜ, lɛyun targa tazggʷaɣt) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It is mainly located in the disputed territory of Western Sahara: the western part of the region is administered by Morocco and the eastern part by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The region as claimed by Morocco covers an area of and had a population of 367,758 as of the 2014 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Laâyoune. Geography Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra borders the region of Guelmim-Oued Noun to the north and Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab to the south. It shares its eastern border with Mauritania's Tiris Zemmour Region, and to its west is the Atlantic Ocean. The towns of Tarfaya, El Marsa and Boujdour are located on the Atlantic coast, and the Canary Islands are located offshore. The regional capital Laâyoune is located i ...
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Western Sahara
Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the remaining 80% of the territory is military occupation, occupied and administered by neighboring Morocco. Its surface area amounts to . It is one of the List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density, most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands. The population is estimated at just over 500,000, of which nearly 40% live in Laayoune, the largest city in Western Sahara. Occupied by Spain until 1975, Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories since 1963 after a Moroccan demand. It is the most populous territory on that list, and by far the largest in area. In 1965, the United Nations General Assembly adopted its first resolution on Wes ...
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Es Semara
Es, ES, or similar may refer to: Arts and entertainment * An alternate name for the musical note E♭ (E-flat) * ''E's'', a manga series by Satoru Yuiga * ''Es'' (film), the German title of ''It'', a 1966 West German film directed by Ulrich Schamoni * ''ES'' (Eternal Sabbath), a manga by Fuyumi Soryo * ''ES'', a supplement of the ''Evening Standard'' newspaper * Es, a fictional character from the ''BlazBlue'' series Businesses, organizations, and products * Gibson ES Series, a line of guitars * Lexus ES, a series of automobiles * E-mini S&P, a futures contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (symbol ES) * Eurostar (National Rail abbreviation ES) * DHL International Aviation ME (IATA airline code ES) Language * Es, a phonetic spelling of the Latin alphabet letter S * -es, a word ending * Spanish language (ISO 639 alpha-2 language code) * Es (cyrillic), a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet that looks like the Latin letter C Places * Spain (ISO 3166-1 country code) * El Salvado ...
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Amgala
Amgala ( ar, أمگالة; ber, ⴰⵎⴳⴰⵍⴰ) is an oasis in Western Sahara. It is located between Tifariti and Smara, outside the Moroccan Wall in the area controlled by the Polisario. Western Sahara War Amgala was the scene of several SPLA-RMA battles. In January 1976 and again in February 1976, clashes took place in Amgala between units of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (RMA) and Polisario Front forces (SPLA), supported by units of the Algerian Army. Because of its ample supply of water, Amgala was an important place in the Saguia el-Hamra Valley and Algerian troops set up a Polisario base here where refugees could be given food and medical assistance and transported onward to Algeria. The unexpected attack by the Moroccans caused much anger as well as heavy damage, and ninety-nine Algerian soldiers were captured. An all-out war between the two countries was only avoided because of decisive action by President Houari Boumediene of Algeria. After that, Algeria withd ...
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Haouza
Hawza, also Haouza or Hausa, is a town in Western Sahara on the Morocco side of the Wall. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 8,769 people. Sister cities * - Le Mans, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ... External linksCensus information Populated places in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra Populated places in Western Sahara Es Semara Province {{WesternSahara-geo-stub ...
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Jdiriya
Jdiriya is a settlement in north-eastern Western Sahara. It is within the Moroccan-controlled area of the former territory, some 150 kilometres north of Tifariti and 60 kilometres northeast of Hawza A hawza ( ar, حوزة) or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah ( ar, حوزة علمیة) is a seminary where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated. The word ''ḥawzah'' is found in Arabic as well as the Persian language. In Arabic, the word means "to hold so .... At the time of the 2014 census, the commune had a total population of 248 people. References Populated places in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra Populated places in Western Sahara Es Semara Province {{WesternSahara-geo-stub ...
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Sidi Ahmed Laaroussi
Sidi Ahmed Laaroussi ( ar, سيدي أحمد العروسي) is a small town and rural commune in the Es Semara Province of the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region of the Moroccan-controlled part of Western Sahara Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the r .... At the time of the 2014 census, the commune had a total population of 269 people. References Populated places in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra Populated places in Western Sahara Es Semara Province {{WesternSahara-geo-stub ...
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Tifariti
Tifariti ( Berber: Tifariti, ar, تيفاريتي) is an oasis town located in north-eastern Western Sahara, east of the Moroccan Berm, from Smara and north of the border with Mauritania. It is part of what Polisario Front calls the ''Liberated Territories'' and Morocco call the ''Buffer Zone''. It has been the ''de facto'' temporary capital of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic since the government moved there in 2008 from Bir Lehlou. It is the headquarters of the 2nd military region of the SADR. It is also the name of a Daïra of the Wilaya of Smara, in the Sahrawi refugee camps. In 2010, the population of Tifariti was estimated at around 3,000 persons. Tifariti is located between Smara, the traditional spiritual centre of the Sahara founded by the Ma El Ainin ( away) and the Algerian town of Tindouf ( away), where the Sahrawi refugee camps are located. The government quarter of Tifariti houses the parliament of SADR, a hospital, a school, a mosque and a museum. Histo ...
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Es Semara Province
Es Semara is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Its population in 2004 was 60,426. Its major town is Es Semara. Subdivisions The province is divided administratively into the following: References Es Semara Province Es Semara is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Its population in 2004 was 60,426. Its major town is Es Semara Es, ES, or similar may refer to: Arts and enterta ...
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