Saguia el-Hamra

Coordinates: 27°09′13″N 13°12′12″W / 27.1536°N 13.2033°W / 27.1536; -13.2033
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27°09′13″N 13°12′12″W / 27.1536°N 13.2033°W / 27.1536; -13.2033

Saguia el-Hamra during Spanish colonisation

Saguia el-Hamra (

Sahrawi
tribe.

Occupying the northern part of

El Aaiún (Laâyoune),[1] and it also included the city of Smara
.

The territory takes its name from an intermittent river, the

El Farsia to reach the Atlantic at Laayoune
.

The area is roughly 82,000 km (51,000 mi), making it approximately a third of the entire Western Sahara.[2]

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