Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab

Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab
Basic data
Country	Morocco
Capital	Dakhla
surface	130,898 km²
Residents	153,051 (2016)
density	1.2 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	MA-12

Coordinates: 23 ° 43 ′  N , 15 ° 57 ′  W

The Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab region ( Arabic الداخلة - وادي الذهب) is one of the 12 regions of Morocco that were newly created after an administrative reform in 2015 and is located on the territory of the Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara in the extreme south of the kingdom. The capital of the region is the city of Dakhla .

population

Around 143,000 people (mostly of Berber or nomadic descent) live in Morocco's largest region in terms of area, with approx. 142,000 km² . Approx. 23,000 people live in rural areas ( communes rurales ), around 110,000 people live in cities ( municipalités ) - mainly in Dakhla.

Provinces

The region consists of the two provinces:

• Aousserd
• Oued ed Dahab

Web links

Commons : Dakhla-Oued Ed Dahab  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monograph de la Région de Dakhla-Oued ed Dahab. In: Portail national des collectivites territoriales. Royaume du Maroc, Ministere de l'Interieur, accessed on December 9, 2018 (French). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annuaire Statistique du Maroc, année 2017. Haut-Commissariat au Plan, 22 November 2018, p. 22 , accessed on 9 December 2018 (in French).