Populated places in Western Sahara

Laayoune or El Aaiún (, , , ) is the largest city of the disputed territory of Western Sahara, with a population of 271,344 in 2023. The city is the de jure capital of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, though it is under de facto Moroccan administration as occupied territory. The modern city is thought to have been founded by the Spanish captain Antonio de Oro in 1938. From 1958, it became the administrative capital of the Spanish Sahara, administered by the Governor General of Spanish West Africa.

city in Western Sahara

Tifariti () is an oasis town and the temporary capital of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, located in north-eastern Western Sahara, east of the Moroccan Berm, from Smara and north of the border with Mauritania. It is part of what Polisario Front calls the Liberated Territories and Morocco calls the Buffer Zone. It has been the de facto temporary capital of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic since the government moved there in 2008 from Bir Lehlou. It is the headquarters of the 2nd military region of the SADR.

municipality and town in Western Sahara

Smāra (also romanized Semara, , ; ) is a city in the Moroccan-occupied part of Western Sahara, with a population of 57,035 recorded in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is served by Smara Airport and Smara bus station.

cape in Western Sahara

human settlement in Western Sahara

village in Western Sahara

Guerguerat () is a small village in the far south west of Western Sahara, currently occupied by Morocco. Guerguerat is approximately from the border with Mauritania and from the Atlantic Ocean.

human settlement in Western Sahara

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municipality and town in Western Sahara

port city in Western Sahara

Agounit (also transliterated: Aghouinite, Aghounit, Aghoueinit, Agueinit, Agwenit, Agwanit, Agüenit, Aguanit; Arabic: أغوانيت) is a small town or village in the Río de Oro area of the disputed territory of Western Sahara. It is situated in the Polisario Front-held Free Zone of Western Sahara, under the jurisdiction of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, and near the Mauritanian border, 72 km. south-west from Fderik. It has a hospital, a school and a mosque. It is the head of the 7th military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

human settlement in Western Sahara

Haouza, also Hawza or Hausa, is a town in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, on the west side of the Moroccan Western Sahara Wall. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 8,769 people.

Lemseid or Lamssid (, ) is a small town near El-Aaiun in the Saguia el-Hamra part of Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, close to the Saguia el-Hamra (Red River) itself.

Mijek (also transliterated "Mijik", "Miyek" or "Miyec"; ) is a small town in the Río de Oro region of Western Sahara. It is located east of the berm, in the Liberated Territories (controlled by the Polisario Front and administered by the Sahrawi Republic), 80 km north of the Mauritanian town of Zouérat and 250 km. east of Dakhla. It has a hospital, and reportedly a school was opened during the 2012–2013 academic year. It is the head of the 3rd military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

small town and rural commune in Western Sahara

rural commune in Morocco

rural commune in Morocco

Jdiriya (; ) is a settlement in north-eastern Western Sahara. It is within the Moroccan-occupied area of the territory, some 150 kilometres north of Tifariti and 60 kilometres northeast of Hawza. Under Moroccan occupation, it is organized as a rural commune within Es Semara Province, in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region. As of the 2014 census, the commune had a total population of 248 people.

Meharrize (also transliterated Mheiriz, Mehaires; Arabic: محيرس) is an oasis located in Western Sahara. It is situated between Tifariti and Amgala, 93 km from Smara, to the east of the Moroccan Wall, and in the Polisario Front-held part of Western Sahara close to the Mauritanian border.

Dougaj is a region and town situated in the south of Western Sahara of Africa approximately midway between the Agwanit region and the Moroccan Wall, 119 km from Fderik, Mauritania.

locality in Western Sahara

Aftissat () is a fishing village in the Western Sahara. It is the location of a large onshore wind farm.

Fishing village in Western Sahara