El Aaiún

E350653
city regional capital

El Aaiún is the largest city and de facto administrative center of Western Sahara, located near the Atlantic coast in the disputed territory controlled by Morocco.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
El Aaiún canonical 7
Mazagan 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
regional capital ⓘ
alternativeName Laayoune ⓘ
surface form: Laâyoune
alternativeTransliteration El Ayoun ⓘ
ArabicName العيون ⓘ
capitalOf El Aaiún Province ⓘ
Laayoune ⓘ
surface form: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
claimedBy Morocco ⓘ
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
commonLanguage Berber languages ⓘ
Hassaniya Arabic ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
coordinates 27.153°N 13.203°W ⓘ
country Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
currency Moroccan dirham ⓘ
deFactoAdministeredBy Morocco ⓘ
deFactoCapitalOf Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
disputedBy Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ⓘ
formerColonialPower Spain ⓘ
governedAs part of Morocco ⓘ
hasPort port of El Aaiún ⓘ
surface form: Port of El Aaiún
hasReligionMajority Sunni Islam ⓘ
historicalEvent came under Moroccan control after 1975 Madrid Accords ⓘ
isPartOf Laayoune ⓘ
surface form: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

Southern Provinces of Morocco ⓘ
KöppenClimateClassification BWh ⓘ
largestCityOf Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
locatedInDisputedTerritory Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
locatedInTerritorialEntity Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic coast ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
populationRankInWesternSahara 1 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity administration ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
phosphate export ⓘ
roadConnection connected to Agadir ⓘ
connected to Dakhla ⓘ
servedBy Hassan I Airport ⓘ
timeZone UTC+1 ⓘ
UNMissionPresence MINURSO ⓘ
UNStatus non-self-governing territory (Western Sahara) ⓘ
urbanFunction administrative center of Western Sahara ⓘ
regional economic hub ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saguia el-Hamra → capital → El Aaiún ⓘ
Saguia el-Hamra → majorCity → El Aaiún ⓘ
Saguia el-Hamra → administrativeCenter → El Aaiún ⓘ
Bou Craa → hasConveyorBeltTo → El Aaiún ⓘ
Bou Craa → nearSettlement → El Aaiún ⓘ
Western Sahara phosphate industry → hasExportPort → El Aaiún ⓘ
port of El Aaiún → locatedIn → El Aaiún ⓘ
subject surface form: Port of El Aaiún
Portuguese expansion into North Africa → hasKeyPlace → El Aaiún ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mazagan