Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra

Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra العيون بوجدور الساقية الحمراء ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ ⴱⵓⵊⴹⵓⵕ ⵜⴰⵔⴳⴰ ⵜⴰⵣⴳⴳⵡⴰⵖⵜ
Basic data
Country	Morocco
Capital	El Aaiún
surface	139,480 km²
Residents	299,000 (as of 2009)
density	2.1 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 (obsolete)	MA-15 (until 2018)

Coordinates: 27 ° 9 ′  N , 13 ° 12 ′  W

Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra ( Arabic العيون بوجدور الساقية الحمراء, Tamazight : ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ ⴱⵓⵊⴹⵓⵕ ⵜⴰⵔⴳⴰ ⵜⴰⵣⴳⴳⵡⴰⵖⵜ) was an administrative region in southern Morocco until the administrative reform of 2015 . It had around 299,000 inhabitants (2009 estimate); the capital was El Aaiún (Laayoune).

The region consisted of the following provinces:

• Boujdour
• Laayoune
• Tarfaya .

Except for the northern part of the Tarfaya province, the region was in the territory of the Western Sahara . Since 2015, all three provinces have belonged to the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region .

Web links

Commons : Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Le Maroc des régions 2010. Royaume de Maroc - Haut-Commissariat au Plan, accessed on March 2, 2014 (French).