Laayoune
largest city in Western Sahara
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Summary
Laayoune is a big city[1]. Laayoune draws 6,565 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #95 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Laâyoune Province[3]
- Country: Morocco[4], Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[5]
- Head of government: Moulay Hamdi Ould Errachid[6]
- Instance of: administrative territorial entity[7], urban commune of Morocco[8]
- Official language: Arabic[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Caracas[10], Málaga[11], Almería[12], Avilés[13], Montevideo[14], Lorca[15], Sorrento[16], Sesto Fiorentino[17]
- Commons category: El Aaiún[18]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[19], UTC+01:00[20]
- Inception: 1938[21]
- Official website: https://laayoune.ma/[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Laayoune[23]
- Population: 93,875[24], 136,950[25], 183,691[26], 196,331[27], 270,000[28], 217,732[29], 262,791[30]
- Office held by head of government: mayor[31]
- Capital of: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra[32], Laâyoune Province[33], Western Sahara[34], Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[35]
- Official name: Laayoune[36], العيون[37], El Aaiún[38]
- Category for people born here: Category:People born in El Aaiún[39]
- Number of households: 26,033[40], 37,545[41], 48,049[42], 64,190[43]
- Native label: العيون[44], El Aaiún[45]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Laayoune[46]
- Owner of: Sheikh Mohamed Laghdaf Stadium[47]
- Different from: Al-Ujun (Arabia Saudyjska)[48]
- Elevation above sea level: 72 m[49]
- Area: 8.1081 square mile[50], 83.6 km²[51]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Laayoune include Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra[52], a region of Morocco[53], in Morocco[54], founded in 2015[55].
Why It Matters
Laayoune has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Laayoune is known by 109 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Laayoune include Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra[52], a region of Morocco[53], in Morocco[54], founded in 2015[55].