Morocco
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
Laâyoune Province

Bou Craa

Bou Craa is a town in Moroccan-occupied , southeast of the main city of El Aaiún. It is inhabited almost exclusively by employees of phosphate company Phosboucraa, a subsidiary of Morocco's OCP Group.
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  • Type: Village with 2,520 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Western Sahara
  • Also known as: “Boucraa”, “Boukraa”, “Bu Craa”, and “Bucraa”

Bou Craa

Latitude
26.3576° or 26° 21′ 27″ north
Longitude
-12.8444° or 12° 50′ 40″ west
Population
2,520
Elevation
156 metres (512 feet)
Open location code
7CR99554+27
Open­Street­Map ID
node 702231247
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6546040
Wiki­data ID
Q894941
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Satellite Map

Discover Bou Craa from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Bou Craa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبو كراع”
  • Arabic: “أبوكراع”
  • Arabic: “بو كراع”
  • Arabic: “بوكراع”
  • Arabic: “بوڭراع”
  • Arabic: “جماعة بوكراع”
  • Arabic: “طرفاية (البلدية)”
  • 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 (Commune Rurale)”
  • French: “Boukraa (CR)”
  • French: “Boukraa”
  • German: “Bou Craa”
  • German: “Bou Kra”
  • German: “Bou Kraa”
  • German: “Boukraa”
  • German: “Bu Craa”
  • 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”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bou Craa”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.