Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira

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 was known as Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira ( ar, وادي الذهب لكويرة). It is situated in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, considered by Morocco to be the Southern Provinces, southern part of the country. The Polisario Front and other independence-seeking Sahrawi people, Sahrawis consider this to be a part of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The United Nations and most countries foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, do not recognize either Moroccan sovereignty over the area, or the self-declared Sahrawi republic.

The region covers an area of 50,880 km² and had a population of 142,955 according to the 2014 Moroccan census, 2014 census. The capital is the coastal city of Dakhla, Western Sahara, Dakhla, formerly known as Villa Cisneros.

The region comprises two provinces:

Subdivisions

Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab consists of two provinces:

* Aousserd Province
* Oued Ed-Dahab Province

References

External links

Portail officiel de Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira

Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab,
Geography of Western Sahara

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