Zug, Western Sahara
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Zug (also
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"Zoug", "Sug";
Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
: زوك) is a municipality located in the far south-east of Western Sahara, 170 km. from Atar, Mauritania. The only ''erg'' or ''sand sea'' in Western Sahara (known as "Galb Azefal") is located nearby, where it runs from south-west to north-east from Mauritania into Western Sahara and back into
Mauritania Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, ...
, where the border forms a right angle. Zug is located in the part of Western Sahara that is controlled by the
Polisario Front The Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (Spanish language, Spanish: ; ), better known by its acronym Polisario Front, is a Sahrawi nationalism, Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement seeking to end the occupatio ...
and by them referred to as the '' Liberated Territories''. It is the head of the 1st military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and holds a SPLA military outpost and a small
hospital A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized Medical Science, health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically ...
.


Infrastructure

In June 2009, three friendship associations from
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(Spain) had a meeting with Sahrawi ministers, with the intention of building up a hospital in the town. On September, a solidarity concert with Chambao, Oléfunk & Mario Díaz was held in Altea, with the aim to collect money to finance the project. On November, an agreement between POLISARIO representatives and members of the friendship associations to build up the building was signed. In 2011, the construction works had been finished, only lasting the equipment and the medical supplies to open it. It is the site of a former Spanish Foreign Legion outpost.


Culture

Near Zug there are some
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engravings with geometrical patterns, similar to others found in
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and southern Morocco.


Twin towns - sister cities

* Agullent,
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,
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,
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(''since December 1998'')Solidaridad a pie de duna
El País, 9 December 1998
* Ajangiz, Biscay, Basque Country,
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* Campo nell'Elba,
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,
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,
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Gemellaggi e Patti di Amicizia
Regione Toscana - Consiglio Regionale, 27 March 2010
* Cantagallo,
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, Tuscany, Italy (''since September 28, 2001'') * Collesalvetti, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy * Crespina,
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, Tuscany, Italy (''since October 2007'') * Denia,
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, Valencian Community, Spain (''since December 1998'') * Lamporecchio, Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy * Lemoiz, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain * Maracena, Granada, Andalucía, Spain * Medina del Campo,
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,
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, Spain (''since August 10, 2008'') * Plentzia, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain * Reggello,
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, Tuscany, Italy * Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy (''since 1993'') * Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain (''since July 17, 2008'') *
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,
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, Spain (''since November 20, 2007'') * Zegama,
Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiqu ...
, Basque Country, Spain * Zierbena, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain * Zumaia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain


References


External links


Desert picture of ZugBlog about the construction of Zug's hospital
{{Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Populated places in Western Sahara Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic