Haouza

Haouza, also Hawza or Hausa, is a town in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, on the west side of the Moroccan Western Sahara Wall that has a population of 8,769 people according to the 2004 census and is twinned with , France.
  • Village with 2,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 222 metres (728 feet)
  • Description: human settlement in Western Sahara
  • Also known as
    “Haouza ⵃⵓⵣⴰ حوزة”
    “Hausa”
    “Ḥawza”

Haouza

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Latitude
27.111° or 27° 6′ 40″ north
Longitude
-10.9714° or 10° 58′ 17″ west
Open location code
7CVF426H+9F
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Haouza” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “امكالة”
  • Arabic: “جماعة حوزة”
  • Arabic: “حوزة”
  • Bulgarian: “Хаоуза”
  • Bulgarian: “Хауза”
  • Catalan: “Haouza”
  • Cebuano: “Haouza”
  • Chinese: “奥扎”
  • Chinese: “奧扎”
  • Chinese: “豪扎”
  • Dutch: “Haouza”
  • French: “Haouza (Commune Rurale)”
  • French: “Haouza (CR)”
  • French: “Haouza”
  • German: “Al-Hauza”
  • German: “Al-Hawza”
  • German: “Haousa (Westsahara)”
  • German: “Haousa”
  • German: “Haouza”
  • German: “Hausa”
  • German: “Ḥauza”
  • Hindi: “हौज़ा”
  • Hungarian: “Haouza”
  • Italian: “Haouza”
  • Japanese: “ハウザ”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لحوزة”
  • Polish: “Al-Hauza”
  • Polish: “Al-Hawza”
  • Polish: “Haouza”
  • Polish: “Hauza”
  • Spanish: “Haouza”
  • Spanish: “Hausa (Comuna Rural)”
  • Spanish: “Hausa (CR)”
  • Spanish: “Hausa”
  • Swedish: “Hawza”
  • Urdu: “حوزہ”

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