Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is one of the twelve administrative regions of Morocco. It is mainly located in the disputed territory of : the western part of the region is occupied by and the eastern part is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
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  • Type: region of Morocco with 368,000 residents
  • Description: region of Western Sahara
  • Also known as: Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra” and “ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ ⵜⴰⵔⴳⴰ ⵜⴰⵣⴳⴳⵯⴰⵖⵜ

Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

Latitude
27.8583° or 27° 51′ 30″ north
Longitude
-12.2079° or 12° 12′ 28″ west
Population
368,000
Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)
Open location code
7CV9VQ5R+8V
Geo­Names ID
11281885
Wiki­data ID
Q19951088
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: العيون - الساقية الحمراء
  • Arabic: العيون الساقية الحمراء
  • Arabic: العيون-الساقية الحمراء
  • Arabic: جهة العيون - الساقية الحمراء
  • Arabic: جهة العيون الساقية الحمراء
  • Basque: Aaiun-Sakia-el-Hamra
  • Catalan: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  • Chinese: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra Tē-hng
  • Chinese: 阿尤恩-萨基亚-阿姆拉大区
  • Chinese: 阿尤恩-薩基亞-阿姆拉大區
  • Danish: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  • Finnish: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  • French: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  • Galician: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  • German: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  • Indonesian: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  • Italian: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  • Japanese: ラユーン=サキア・エル・ハムラ地方
  • Japanese: 赤い足の目
  • Korean: 라윤사키아엘함라 지방
  • Malay: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  • Min Nan Chinese: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra Tē-hng
  • Moroccan Arabic: جهة العيون الساقية الحمرا
  • Moroccan Arabic: جهة لعيون ساقية لحمرا
  • Northern Frisian: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  • Persian: العیون ساقیه الحمرا
  • Persian: منطقه العیون–ساقیةالحمرا
  • Polish: Al-Ujun-As-Sakija al-Hamra
  • Polish: Strona Maroka
  • Portuguese: El Aiune-Saguia el Hamra
  • Russian: Эль-Аюн — Сегиет-эль-Хамра
  • Serbo-Croatian: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  • Sinhala: ලායූන්-සාකියා එල් හම්රා කලාපය (මොරොක්කෝව)
  • Sinhala: ලායූන්-සාකියා එල් හම්රා කලාපය
  • Spanish: El Aaiún-Saguía el-Hamra
  • Spanish: Región de El Aaiún-Saguía el-Hamra
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵎⵏⴰⴹⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ ⵜⴰⵔⴳⴰ ⵜⴰⵣⴳⴳⵯⴰⵖⵜ
  • Swedish: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  • Tachelhit: Tamnaḍt n Lɛyun-Targa Zggʷaɣt
  • Turkish: Layun-Sakiye El-Hamra
  • Turkish: Layun-Sakiyetü’l-Hamra
  • Ukrainian: Ель-Аюн — Сагія-ель-Хамра
  • Ukrainian: Ель-Аюн — Сакія-ель-Хамра
  • Urdu: العیون ساقیہ الحمرا
  • Uzbek: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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