Boujdour (Province)

Boujdour Province in the former Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra region

Lighthouse and military barracks in Boujdour

The province of Boujdour or in Spanish spelling Bojador ( Arabic إقليم بوجْدور; Tamazight : ⵜⴰⵙⴳⴰ ⵏ ⴱⵓⵊⴹⵓⵕ) is an approximately 40,000 km² province of the part of Western Sahara occupied and administered by Morocco . It has belonged to the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region since 2015 and comprises the central part of Western Sahara. The entire province has only 50,566 inhabitants (2014), making it one of the poorest in population in the country; The capital is the city of Boujdour .

economy

For centuries, the main occupations of the inhabitants were fishing and the caravan trade ; tourism was added in the second half of the 20th century. The stationing of military units after the occupation by Morocco also brings some money to the province.

history

The Cape Bojador formed at the time of the Portuguese voyages of discovery an important landmark, which has long been considered impassable, and only in 1434 by Gil Eanes could be overcome. The area has been administered by Spain ( Spanish Sahara and Spanish West Africa ) since the 1880s ; Spain withdrew its troops stationed here in 1975/76 - after which Morocco occupied the entire region ( Green March ).

places

Only the city of Boujdour is classified as an urban municipality ( municipalité ); the other places are considered rural communities ( communes rurales )

local community	1994 residents	2004 residents	Residents 2014
Boujdour	15,167	36,843	42,651
Gueltat Zemmour	4,716	6,740	6,393
Jraifia	1,294	1,385	950
Lamssid	514	1,161	572
to hum	21,691	46.129	50,566

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population statistics Morocco ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )