Laayoune

E70237

city urban settlement

Laayoune is the largest city and de facto administrative center of Western Sahara, located in the northwest of the disputed territory near the Atlantic coast.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra	2
Laayoune municipal council	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ urban settlement ⓘ
adminCenterOf	Laâyoune Province ⓘ Laâyoune Province ⓘ surface form: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region
administeredAs	part of southern provinces of Morocco ⓘ
claimedBy	Morocco ⓘ Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ⓘ
climate	hot desert climate ⓘ
commonlySpokenLanguage	French ⓘ Hassaniya Arabic ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Spanish Sahara ⓘ surface form: Western Sahara
deFactoAdministeredBy	Morocco ⓘ
demographicsContext	predominantly Sahrawi and Moroccan population ⓘ
disputedTerritoryContext	Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
formerColonialPower	Spain ⓘ
foundedBy	Spain ⓘ
geopoliticalStatus	disputed city in Western Sahara ⓘ
hasAirport	Hassan I Airport ⓘ
hasFootballClub	Jeunesse Sportive d'El Massira ⓘ
hasMunicipalGovernment	Laayoune self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Laayoune municipal council
hasPort	port of El Aaiún ⓘ surface form: El Marsa (Laayoune port)
isPartOf	Laâyoune Province ⓘ Laayoune self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ⓘ surface form: Western Sahara
locatedInDesert	Sahara Desert ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Spanish Sahara ⓘ surface form: Northwest Western Sahara
locatedNear	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOn	Saguia el-Hamra (wadi) ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater	Atlantic coast ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
postalCountryCodeContext	EH ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity	administration and public services ⓘ phosphate-related activities ⓘ
religionMajority	Sunni Islam ⓘ
roadConnection	connected by highway to Agadir ⓘ connected by highway to Dakhla ⓘ
role	de facto administrative center of Western Sahara ⓘ largest city of Western Sahara ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+1 ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	intercity road network ⓘ regional bus connections ⓘ
urbanFunction	administrative hub for Moroccan authorities in Western Sahara ⓘ commercial center of Western Sahara ⓘ
urbanStatus	regional capital ⓘ
usesCurrency	Moroccan dirham ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Spanish Sahara → adminCenter → Laayoune ⓘ

Spanish Sahara → capital → Laayoune ⓘ

Laayoune → hasMunicipalGovernment → Laayoune self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Laayoune municipal council

Laayoune → isPartOf → Laayoune self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

Spanish Sahara → largestCity → Laayoune ⓘ

Bou Craa → locatedIn → Laayoune ⓘ

this entity surface form: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra