Boujdour
Boujdour ( Arabic بوجدور, Central Atlas Tamazight ⴱⵓⵊⴷⵓⵔ Bujdur ) is about 45,000 inhabitants (2014) counting capital of the eponymous province in the of Morocco occupied region of Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra in the field of Western Sahara .
location
Boujdour is located at Cape Bojador on the Atlantic coast about 830 km (driving distance) southwest of Agadir . The regional capital Laâyoune ( El Aaiún ) is only about 170 km northeast. The climate is hot and dry; Rain hardly falls.
population
| year | 1982 | 1994 | 2004 | 2014 |
| Residents | 8,481 | 15,167 | 36,843 | 42,651 |
At the beginning of the 20th century, Boujdour was only a small fishing village with around 1,000 inhabitants. The largely immigrated population consists mostly of members of various Berber tribes from the Atlas Mountains ; however, the predominant language spoken is Moroccan Arabic .
economy
The inhabitants of earlier times lived mainly from fishing and the caravan trade with sub-Saharan Africa . The deployment of the military and the establishment of Boujdour Province in 1976 also created jobs. Since the 1990s, individual tourism has also played an - albeit insignificant - role in the city's economic life.
history
Cape Bojador was an important landmark at the time of the Portuguese voyages of discovery , which was considered impassable for a long time and could only be overcome by Gil Eanes in 1434 . The area has been administered by Spain since the 1880s (see Spanish Sahara and Spanish West Africa ); Spain withdrew its troops stationed here in 1975/76 - as a result, Morocco occupied the entire region in the Green March and shortly afterwards created new provinces.
Attractions
The mostly newly built city has no historically or culturally significant sights.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Moroccan population statistics ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Population statistics + map of Western Sahara
- ↑ Boujdour - climate tables
Coordinates: 26 ° 8 ′ N , 14 ° 29 ′ W