Agti el Ghazi ( ar, أغتي الغازي) is a fishing village in the

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 ...

Location

Agti el Ghazi is on the

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coast in

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of the Western Sahara. The village is from National Road No. 1, in the section that links the cities of

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and

Laayoune 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 W ...

, northeast of Boujdour. It belongs to the

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, ...

commune in the Boujdour province of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region.

Origins

The village of Agti el Ghazi was established in 2005 as part of a development program of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, aimed at establishing fishermen's villages and equipped ports along the Moroccan coast, in order to strengthen the marine fishing sector and revive traditional fishing. It is one of four fishing villages in the Boujdour province, the others being Lacraa,

Aftissat Aftissat ( ar, أفتيسات) is a fishing village in the Western Sahara. It is the location of a large onshore wind farm. Location Aftissat is on the Atlantic coast in Boujdour Province of the Western Sahara. The village is on National Road No. ...

(أفتيسات) and Port Boujdour (مٌناء بوجدور).

Facilities and infrastructure

Avtisat has one fish market, 10 stores for fish trading and 100 stores for sailors, as well as a box store, a gasoline store and an engine repair workshop. The village has 635 boats for traditional fishing.

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