El_Marsa,_Western_Sahara

El Marsa, Western Sahara

El Marsa, Western Sahara

Settlement in Western Sahara

El Marsa Arabic: المرسى is a port city in Western Sahara.[1]

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According to the Moroccan authorities, El Marsa belongs to Laayoune Province in the region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra. Its population in 2014 is 17,917,[2] the second-largest in the province (behind the regional capital El Aaiún) and third in the region.[3] It has a seaport on the Atlantic Ocean and therefore is also known as Laayoune Plage (El Aaiún Beach). The town also has a hospital.

El Marsa is to the west of El Aaiún, on the N1, Morocco's main highway, which also goes into the Western Sahara, where it is the last settlement south until Boujdour.

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Media related to El Marsa (Western Sahara) at Wikimedia Commons

  1. [1]
    Western Sahara weekly news (07-13.07.2002). ARSO - Association de soutien à un référendum libre et régulier au Sahara Occidental.
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    "Western Sahara: Provinces & Urban Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
  3. [3]
    Maaroufi, Youssef. "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2004". Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2013-01-02.

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