Daoura

Daoura (also Dawra or Hassi-Ad-Dawra ) is a small place in the north of Western Sahara . The place north of the capital El Aaiun belongs to the province El Aaiun and has 878 inhabitants (2004). Like much of the Western Sahara, Daoura is also occupied by Morocco .

Some agriculture is practiced in the village. Two kilometers from the town, the long-distance road to El Aaiun runs along the coast of the Atlantic .

International recognition of the place took place during the Green March from 6. November 1975 . The marching columns that penetrated from the north via Tah, twelve kilometers away, into the Western Sahara, then Spanish Sahara , encountered a line of defense of the Spanish military near Daoura . The march participants therefore set up a camp near Daoura until they withdrew to Morocco on November 10th .

In the course of the handover of the Western Sahara from Spain to Morocco, the area of ​​Daoura was occupied by the Moroccan military a short time later.

Coordinates: 27 ° 25 ′  N , 12 ° 59 ′  W