Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra

Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra
Basic data
Country	Morocco
Capital	Laayoune
surface	140,018 km²
Residents	377,566 (2016)
density	2.7 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	MA-11

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

The Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region ( Arabic العيون - الساقية الحمراء) is one of the 12 regions of Morocco that were newly created after an administrative reform in 2015 and extends largely in the Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara in the south of the kingdom. The capital of the region is the city of Laayoune .

population

Around 368,000 people (mostly of Berber or nomadic descent) live in the second largest region of Morocco with an area of ​​around 140,000 km² . Around 22,000 people live in rural areas ( communes rurales ), around 344,000 people live in cities ( municipalités ) - mainly in Laâyoune.

Provinces

The region consists of the four provinces:

• Boujdour
• It semara
• Laayoune
• Tarfaya

Web links

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

• Monograph de la Région de Laayoune-Sakia el Hamra. 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).