Smara

Smara is a town in . There is a strong Sahrawi presence in the town. There is an equally strong Moroccan military presence in the town. This situation creates some tension.
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  • City with about 56,600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 520 metres (1,700 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code SMW
  • Description: city in Western Sahara
  • Also known as
    “as-Samāra”
    “Es Semara”
    “Es-Semara ⵙⵎⴰⵔⴰ السمارة”
    “Esmara”
    “Semara”
    “Smar”

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Smara

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Latitude
26.7436° or 26° 44′ 37″ north
Longitude
-11.6645° or 11° 39′ 52″ west
UN/LOCODE
MA SMW
Open location code
7CRCP8VP+C5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 569755163
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
2461874
Wiki­data ID
Q842810

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Smara” goes by many names.
السمارةArabic
الصحراء الغربيةArabic
جماعة السمارةArabic
SmaraAragonese
SmaraAsturian
SmaraBasque
СмараBelarusian
স্মারাBengali
СмараBulgarian
SmaraCatalan
SmaraCebuano
斯馬拉Chinese
斯马拉Chinese
SemaraCzech
SmaraCzech
SmaraDanish
Es-SemaraDutch
SmaraDutch
السمارهEgyptian Arabic
SemaraEsperanto
SmaraEsperanto
Es-SmaraEstonian
SmaraFinnish
Es-SémaraFrench
EsmaraFrench
SmaraFrench
SmaraGalician
as-SamāraGerman
Es SemaraGerman
EsmaraGerman
SemaraGerman
SmaraGerman
ΣμάραGreek
સ્મારાGujarati
סמארהHebrew
स्माराHindi
SmaraIndonesian
SmaraItalian
スマラJapanese
セマラJapanese
ಸ್ಮಾರKannada
Smara qalasıKazakh
СмараKazakh
Смара қаласыKazakh
سمارا قالاسىKazakh
스마라Korean
SmaraLatvian
SmaraLithuanian
SmaraMalay
SmaraMaltese
स्माराMarathi
السمارةMoroccan Arabic
SmaraNorwegian Bokmål
سمارهPersian
As-SamaraPolish
AsmaraPolish
Es SemaraPolish
SemaraPolish
SmaraPolish
Es-SemaraPortuguese
EsmaraPortuguese
SemaraPortuguese
SmaraPortuguese
СемараRussian
СмараRussian
Эс-СемараRussian
Эс-СмараRussian
SmaraScots
SmaraSerbo-Croatian
ස්මරාSinhala
سمارهSouth Azerbaijani
Es SmaraSpanish
EsmaraSpanish
SemaraSpanish
SmaraSpanish
Es-SemaraSwedish
Es-SmaraSwedish
SmaraSwedish
சமாராTamil
స్మరTelugu
สมาราThai
SimaraTurkish
SmaraTurkish
Ес-СемараUkrainian
Ес-СмараUkrainian
СемараUkrainian
СмараUkrainian
السمارہUrdu
سماراUrdu
SmaraVietnamese

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