Bou Craa
Bou Craa is a town in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, southeast of the main city of El Aaiún. Historically located in the Saguia el-Hamra region, Bou Craa is the site of a phosphate deposit of over 1.7 billion tons.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Village with 2,520 residents
- Description: human settlement in Western Sahara
- Also known as: “Boucraa”, “Boukraa”, “Boukraa ⴱⵓⴽⵔⴰⵄ بوكراع”, “Bu Craa”, and “Bucraa”
Bou Craa
- Categories: rural commune of Morocco and locality
- Location: Western Sahara, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.3576° or 26° 21′ 27″ north
Longitude
-12.84435° or 12° 50′ 40″ west
Population
2,520
Elevation
199 metres (653 feet)
Open location code
7CR99554+27
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Bou Craa from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bou Craa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبو كراع”
- Arabic: “أبوكراع”
- Arabic: “بو كراع”
- Arabic: “بوكراع”
- Arabic: “بوڭراع”
- Arabic: “جماعة بوكراع”
- Basque: “Bu Kraa”
- Basque: “Bucraa”
- Basque: “Bukraa”
- Belarusian: “Бу-Краа”
- Bulgarian: “Боукра”
- Catalan: “Bu Craa”
- Catalan: “Bu-Cra”
- Catalan: “Bucraa”
- Cebuano: “Boukraa”
- Chinese: “布克拉”
- Czech: “Bukra”
- Dutch: “Bou Craa”
- Esperanto: “Bou Craa”
- French: “Bou Craa”
- French: “Boukraa”
- German: “Bou Craa”
- German: “Bou Kra”
- German: “Bou Kraa”
- German: “Boukraa”
- German: “Bu Craa”
- Hindi: “बू क्रा”
- Hungarian: “Bou Craa”
- Italian: “Bo Craa”
- Italian: “Bou Craa”
- Italian: “Boukraa”
- Japanese: “ブーカラー”
- Japanese: “ブクラ”
- Moroccan Arabic: “بوگراع”
- Moroccan Arabic: “بوݣراع”
- Persian: “بوکراع”
- Polish: “Abu Kura”
- Polish: “Bou Craa”
- Polish: “Bu Craa”
- Polish: “Bukra”
- Russian: “Бу-Краа”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bucraa”
- Spanish: “Bo Craa”
- Spanish: “Boukra”
- Spanish: “Bu Craa”
- Spanish: “Bucraa”
- Spanish: “Fosfatos de Bu-Craa”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴱⵓⴽⵔⴰⵄ”
- Swedish: “Bu Craa”
- Swedish: “Bukra”
- Ukrainian: “Бу-Краа”
- Urdu: “بو کراہ”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include مسجد أبو كراع and Office chérifien des phosphates المكتب الشريف للفوسفاط.
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