Al Mahbes

Al Mahbes is a town in the UN-monitored buffer zone of , near the border, some 100 kilometres northeast of . Mahbes' partner municipalities are the Spanish city of and the Italian municipalities of and .
  • Village with 131 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 465 metres (1,526 feet)
  • Description: human settlement in Western Sahara
  • Also known as
    “Al Mahbas”
    “Al Mahbass”
    “Al Mahbass ⵍⵎⵃⴱⵙ المحبس”
    “Mahbés”

Al Mahbes

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Latitude
27.41373° or 27° 24′ 49″ north
Longitude
-9.04968° or 9° 2′ 59″ west
Open location code
7CVGCX72+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Al Mahbes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المحبس”
  • Arabic: “جماعة المحبس”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал Махбас”
  • Bulgarian: “Алмахбас”
  • Bulgarian: “Махбас”
  • Catalan: “Mahbes”
  • Cebuano: “Almahbass”
  • Chinese: “马赫拜斯”
  • Dutch: “Al Mahbes”
  • Dutch: “Mahbes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المحبس”
  • French: “Al Mahbass”
  • French: “Mahbès”
  • German: “Mahbes”
  • Hindi: “महबेस”
  • Hungarian: “Mahbes”
  • Irish: “Mahbes”
  • Italian: “Al Mahbass”
  • Italian: “Mahbes”
  • Japanese: “アル・マハベス”
  • Japanese: “アル・マヒベス”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لمحبس”
  • Persian: “المحبس”
  • Polish: “Al-Mahbas”
  • Spanish: “Mahbes”
  • Swahili: “Mahbes”
  • Swedish: “al-Mahbas”
  • Swedish: “Al-Mahbas”
  • Urdu: “المجس”

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Notable Places Nearby

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