El Marsa

El Marsa is a port city in Moroccan-occupied . According to the authorities, El Marsa belongs to Laayoune Province in the region of .
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  • Type: Town with 28,800 residents
  • Description: port city in Western Sahara
  • Also known as: “El Marsa ⵍⵎⴰⵔⵙⴰ المرسى”, “El Marsa, Western Sahara”, “Laayoune Plage”, and “Marsa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foum El Oued.

Village
Photo: Nassima Chahboun, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 9 km north of El Marsa.

El Marsa

Latitude
27.09299° or 27° 5′ 35″ north
Longitude
-13.40924° or 13° 24′ 33″ west
Population
28,800
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
7CV83HVR+58
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2191422595
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2461993
Wiki­data ID
Q3544425
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“El Marsa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المرسى”
  • Arabic: “جماعة المرسى”
  • Bulgarian: “Ел Марса”
  • Bulgarian: “Марса”
  • Catalan: “El Marsa”
  • Cebuano: “Laayoune Plage”
  • Chinese: “艾尔马萨尔”
  • French: “El Marsa”
  • French: “Laâyoune Plage”
  • German: “El Marsa”
  • German: “Lâayoune Plage”
  • Greek: “Ελ Μάρσα, Δυτική Σαχάρα”
  • Greek: “Ελ Μάρσα”
  • Hausa: “El Marsa, Yammacin Sahara”
  • Hindi: “अल मरसा”
  • Japanese: “エル・マルサ”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لمرصى”
  • Persian: “المرسی (صحرای غربی)”
  • Persian: “المرسی”
  • Polish: “Al-Marsa”
  • Portuguese: “El Marsa”
  • Russian: “Эль-Марса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “El Marsa”
  • Spanish: “El Marsa”
  • Spanish: “Playa de Aaiún”
  • Spanish: “Playa del Aaiun”
  • Spanish: “Playa del Aaiún”
  • Swedish: “al-Marsa”
  • Swedish: “Al-Marsa”
  • Swedish: “Laayoune Plage”
  • Urdu: “المرسی، مغربی صحارا”

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