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Laayoune [note 1] or El Aaiún [note 2] ( Arabic: العيون, romanized : al-ʿUyūn, lit. 'The Springs ') is the largest city of the disputed territory named Western Sahara, with a population of 271,344 in 2023. [7] The city is de facto under Moroccan administration as occupied territory.
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Water reservoir at the Seguiet-el-Hamra River. Laâyoune (...
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Laayoune. Western Sahara: downtown of El Aaiún (also called...
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Laâyoune (en arabe : العيون 1 [ al ʔujuːn ], El Aaiún ou El-Ayoun, littéralement « les sources » 3, 4 ; en berbère : Leɛyun) est la ville la plus importante du Sahara occidental au sud du Maroc. Elle est située au bord de l' Atlantique, à 500 km au sud d' Agadir et à 400 km à l'ouest de Tindouf, sur la route menant à Dakhla.
Laayoune, town, northern Western Sahara, 8 miles (13 km) inland from the Atlantic Ocean and situated in the geographic region of Saguia el-Hamra. It was the capital of Western Sahara from 1940 to 1976 (when Western Sahara was a northwest African overseas province of Spain known as Spanish Sahara); since 1976 it has been the capital of the ...
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Laayoune (also El-Aaiun, El-Ayoun, al-Ayun) is both the largest city in Western Sahara and the capital of one of the three provinces that Morocco established in the territory. The discovery of potable water at the site resulted in the establishment of a Spanish military garrison in 1938, marking the beginning of the town.
El Aaiun ( Laayoune, Arabic العيون) is the biggest city in Western Sahara, located in the northern part of the country. It has a population just over 210,000. It is the claimed capital of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, but the city is controlled by Morocco. Understand. Get in. By bus.
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