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List Of Cities In Western Sahara
The following are cities in Western Sahara, listed by population. Due to an ongoing conflict over the territory, the majority is controlled by Morocco, and the eastern and southern portions are controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Only those cities under Moroccan administration are subject to the government census; SADR-controlled cities are listed at the end. Morocco claims the entire territory, as does the SADR. The list includes cities, towns, villages, oases and other settlements. List See also * List of cities in Morocco * Moroccan Wall *Tindouf and refugee camps Notes External links Census information {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Cities In Western Sahara Western Sahara Western Sahara Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laayoun
Laâyoune ( , also , ) or El Aaiún ( , ; Hassaniya Arabic: , romanized: ; ber, ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ, Leɛyun; ar, label=Literary Arabic, العيون, al-ʿUyūn/el-ʿUyūn, lit=The Springs) is the largest city of the disputed territory of Western Sahara, with a population of 217,732 in 2014. The city is under ''de facto'' administration by Morocco. The modern city is thought to have been founded by the Spanish captain Antonio de Oro in 1938. In 1940, Spain designated it as the capital of the Spanish Sahara. Laâyoune is the capital of the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region administered by Morocco, under the supervision of the UN peacekeeping mission MINURSO. The town is divided in two by the dry river of Saguia el-Hamra. On the south side is the old lower town, constructed by Spanish colonists. A cathedral from that era is still active; its priests serve this city and Dakhla further south. History ''Laâyoune'' or ''El Aaiún'' are respectively the French and Spanish transli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemseid
Lemseid or Lamssid( ar, لمسيد) is a small town near El-Aaiun in the Saguia el-Hamra part of Western Sahara, close to the ''Saguia el-Hamra'' (Red River) itself. History The Sahrawi independence activist and leader of the Harakat Tahrir, Muhammad Bassiri, grew up here in the 1950s. It was one of the first cities to be enclosed by the Moroccan Wall during the fighting between the Polisario Front and the Moroccan Army after the invasion of Western Sahara in 1975. In October 2010, thousands of Sahrawis fled from El Aaiun, Smara or Bojador to the outskirts of Lemseid (''Gdeim Izik''), raising up a campament of thousands of "''jaimas''" (Sahrawi tents) called the "Dignity camp", in the biggest Sahrawi mobilization since the Spanish retreat. They protest for the discrimination of Sahrawis in labor and for the spoliation of the natural resources of Western Sahara. They were surrounded by Moroccan Army and police, who made a blockage of water, food and medicines to the camp. Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bou Craa
Bou Craa (also transliterated as ''Bo Craa'', ''Bu Craa'' or ''Boukra'') ( ar, بوكراع, Berber: ⴱⵓⴽⵔⴰⵄ, es, Bucraa) is a town in Western Sahara, south-east of the main city of El Aaiún. It is inhabited almost exclusively by employees of phosphate company Phosboucraa, a subsidiary of Morocco's OCP Group. Historically located in the Saguia el-Hamra region, Bou Craa is the site of a phosphate deposit of over 1.7 billion tons. Mining operations by Phosboucraa started in 1972. During the Spanish colonization of the area (see Spanish Sahara), many early recruits of Sahrawi nationalist movements such as the Movement for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab and Polisario Front were workers in the phosphate mines. The town became part of the Moroccan-controlled zone in the April 1976 partition resulting from the Madrid Accords. It has remained in Moroccan hands, though mining was paused in 1976 as a result of Polisario guerilla attacks. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Argoub
El Argoub or El Aargub (arabic : العركوب) is a town in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. It is administered by Morocco as a rural commune in Oued Ed-Dahab Province of the region of Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab ( ar, الداخلة - وادي الذهب, ad-dāḵla - wādī ḏ-ḏahab; ber, ⴷⴷⴰⵅⵍⴰ ⴰⵙⵉⴼ ⵏ ⵡⵓⵕⵖ, ddaxla asif n wuṛɣ) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. Before September 2015 it .... At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 5345 people living in 1012 households. References Populated places in Oued Ed-Dahab Province Rural communes of Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab {{WesternSahara-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ausert
Aousserd, Ausert or Auserd is a small town and List of municipalities, communes, and arrondissements of Morocco, rural commune in Aousserd Province of the Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab region of Western Sahara, disputed between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and under Moroccan control. The number of permanent structures in Aousserd is low, as many residents follow the traditionally nomadic Bedouin lifestyle of the Sahrawi people, Sahrawis, passing through the town only temporarily and living in tents. At the time of the 2004 Moroccan census, 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 5832 people living in 225 households. South of Tindouf, Algeria, there is a Sahrawi refugee camps, Sahrawi refugee camp named after Aousserd. References External linksPhotos of Auserd from the Spanish colonial era (1970s) Populated places in Aousserd Province {{DakhlaOuedEdDahab-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tichla
Tichla is a small town in the Western Sahara under the de-facto control of Morocco, which considers it as part of rural commune Aousserd Province in the Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab ( ar, الداخلة - وادي الذهب, ad-dāḵla - wādī ḏ-ḏahab; ber, ⴷⴷⴰⵅⵍⴰ ⴰⵙⵉⴼ ⵏ ⵡⵓⵕⵖ, ddaxla asif n wuṛɣ) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. Before September 2015 it ... region. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 6,036 people living in 102 households. A few kilometers away is the Tichla Fortress. References Populated places in Aousserd Province {{WesternSahara-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bir Anzarane
Bir Anzarane is a town in the disputed area of Western Sahara. It is administered by Morocco as a rural commune in Oued Ed-Dahab Province Oued Ed-Dahab ( ar, إقليم وادي الذهب) is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, in the disputed territory of Western Sahara Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast ... in the region of Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 6597 people living in 262 households. References Populated places in Oued Ed-Dahab Province Rural communes of Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab {{DakhlaOuedEdDahab-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guelta Zemmur
Guelta Zemmur (or Guelta Zemour, Tamazight for "olive tree pool") is a small town or village in the Moroccan-administered part of the territory of Western Sahara. The town is based around a guelta or oasis, retaining rain water for long periods. It was a camp site for the Sahrawi nomads of the area for hundreds of years. It functioned as one of the most important military strongholds for the indigenous Polisario Front guerrilla after the retreat of Spain from what was then Spanish Sahara. As Morocco and Mauritania asserted control over the former Spanish colony from the north and south according to the Madrid Accords, Guelta Zemmur acted as a stopping-point for refugees en route to the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria. It was also noted for the Guelta Zemmur conference on November 28, 1975, on the heels of the Ain Ben Tili conference. A gathering of the formerly Spanish-backed Djema'a was held in the town (then under Polisario control), where it agreed to support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Marsa, Western Sahara
El Marsa ar, المرسى is a port city in Western Sahara. According to the Moroccan authorities, El Marsa belongs to Laayoune Province in the region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra. Its population in 2014 is 17,917, the second-largest in the province (behind the regional capital El Aaiún) and third in the region. It has a seaport on the Atlantic Ocean and therefore is also known as ''Laayoune Plage'' (El Aaiún Beach). The town also has a hospital. El Marsa is to the west of El Aaiún, on the N1, Morocco's main highway, which also goes into the Western Sahara, where it is the last settlement south until Boujdour Boujdour (or Bujdur, Bojador, ar, بوجدور) is a city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, near Cape Bojador. It is de facto administered by Morocco, which includes it in the administrative division of the Southern Provinces. It is an .... References Populated places in Western Sahara Port cities and towns in Western Sahara Municipalities of Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
