La Güera

La Güera is a ghost town on the Atlantic coast at the southern tip of , on the western side of the peninsula which is split in two by the Mauritania–Western Sahara border, 15 kilometres west of .
  • Town with about 3,130 residents
  • Description: ghost town in Western Sahara
  • Also known as
    “El Gouera”
    “Gueria”
    “La Aguerra”
    “La Aquera”
    “La Gueera”
    “La Güera الكويرة”
    “Laguira”
    “اكوارة”
    “الاكوارة”
    “كويرة”
    “لكويرة”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cansado and Al-Battariyya.
is a coastal town in north-western on the peninsula.
6 km east of La Güera
Hamlet
La Batterie, also known in Arabic as Al Batariyya…
6 km northeast of La Güera
Locality
is a 60-kilometre peninsula or headland…
8 km southeast of La Güera
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Latitude
20.83332° or 20° 50′ north
Longitude
-17.08912° or 17° 5′ 21″ west
Open location code
7CG4RWM6+89
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Walloon—“La Güera” goes by many names.
الكويرةArabic
الگويرةArabic
بير الذئبArabic
جماعة الكويرة*Arabic
GüeraCatalan
La AgüeraCatalan
Uad GuenifaCebuano
拉圭拉Chinese
Al-KuvíraCzech
La AgüeraDutch
La GouèraDutch
La GouiraDutch
La GüeraDutch
الكويرهEgyptian Arabic
La Guera aŭ Al-KaviraEsperanto
La GüeraEstonian
La GüeraFinnish
La GüeraGalician
الڭويرةHassaniyya
ला ग्वेराHindi
La GüeraIndonesian
La AgüeraItalian
La GüeraItalian
LagouiraItalian
Uad GuenifaItalian
ラ グエラJapanese
ラ・アグエラJapanese
ラ・グエラ市Japanese
ラゴウイラJapanese
Agwéra qalasıKazakh
АгуэраKazakh
Агуэра қаласыKazakh
اگۋەرا قالاسىKazakh
라 궤라Korean
라구에라Korean
La GueraLithuanian
АгуэраMoksha
لڭويرةMoroccan Arabic
لݣويرةMoroccan Arabic
الكويرهPersian
الکویرهPersian
Al-KuwajraPolish
Al-KuwiraPolish
La GouèraPolish
LagouiraPolish
АгуэраRussian
ЛагуираRussian
ЛягуираRussian
LagouiraScots
La GüeraSerbo-Croatian
La GüeraSlovenian
Al-KawiraSwedish
La GouèraSwedish
LagouiraSwedish
АгуераUkrainian
لا گویراUrdu
El GwiraWalloon
LagwirateWalloon

Localities in the Area

“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”

Western Sahara: Highlights

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