El Aaiún
El-Aaiún (an aa transliterated "Laâyoune" or "El Ayun"; Arabic: العيون, transliteratit al-ʾAyūn, lit. "The Springs"), is a ceety in Wastren Sahara foondit bi the Spaingie in 1928. Administered bi Morocco syne 1976[1], El-Aaiún is the caipital o wha the Moroccan government cawed the region o Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, an POLISARIO cawed Occupied Territories. It is an aa claimed bi the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as thair caipital.
El-Aaiún العيون al-ˁūyūn ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ Laayoune | |
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 Avenue Makkah al-Mukarramah in El-Aaiún | |
  El-Aaiún Location in Wastren Sahara | |
| Coordinates: 27°9′13″N 13°12′12″W / 27.15361°N 13.20333°WCoordinates: 27°9′13″N 13°12′12″W / 27.15361°N 13.20333°W | |
| Non-Sel-Govrenin Territory | Wastren Sahara |
| Region | Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra |
| Province | Laayoune Province |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 196,331 |
| Time zone | UTC |
Demographics eedit
The ceety haes a population o 194,668[2] an is the lairgest ceety in Wastren Sahara. It is a growin economic hub in wha Morocco sees as its Soothren Provinces. Its population is a mixture o Moroccans frae the North as well as Sahrawis frae Soothren Saharan Morocco an natives o Wastren Sahara (who mak up a fift o the population).[3]
Etymology eedit
"El Aaiún" is the transliteration o the Arabic name uised as the Spainyie name for the ceety. "Laâyoune" is a French transliteration even uised in Moroccan literature. The Arabic name means "the springs".
Status eedit
The United Naitions mission for the referendum, turned tae simply waitin for a poleetical solution, instead o a referendum which wis obsolete efter the UN votit for resolution 1813. MINURSO, which administers the ceasefire dounset o 1991 atween Morocco an the Polisario Front, haes its heidquarters in the ceety.
Climate eedit
| Climate data for Laâyoune" an aa "El Ayun" | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 20 (68) |
20 (68) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
24 (75) |
26 (79) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
20 (68) |
23 (73) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16 (61) |
17 (63) |
19 (66) |
18 (64) |
20 (68) |
21 (70) |
23 (73) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
22 (72) |
20 (68) |
17 (63) |
20 (68) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 12 (54) |
13 (55) |
16 (61) |
15 (59) |
16 (61) |
18 (64) |
20 (68) |
21 (70) |
20 (68) |
18 (64) |
16 (61) |
13 (55) |
17 (63) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 17.97 (0.71) |
18.51 (0.73) |
6.74 (0.27) |
2.54 (0.10) |
3.21 (0.13) |
0.31 (0.01) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.21 (0.05) |
7.47 (0.29) |
16.90 (0.67) |
18.60 (0.73) |
93.46 (3.68) |
| Average precipitation days | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Source: Weatherbase[4] | |||||||||||||
Sport eedit
The ceety's main fitbaa club in El Aaiun is Jeunesse Massira. The club played in the Botola/GNF 1. Jeunesse Massira uise Mohamed Laghdaf stadium in trainin an gemmes.
Transport eedit
El-Aaiún is served bi Hassan I Airport.
Twin touns an sister ceeties eedit
References eedit
- ↑ UN General Assembly Resolution 34/37 and UN General Assembly Resolution 35/19.
- ↑ Stefan Helders (2009). "Morocco - largest cities (per geographical entity)" (in Inglis). World Gazetteer. Archived frae the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 25 Mairch 2009.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Diplomacy over Western Sahara: Morocco v Algeria", The Economist, 4th November, 2010.
- ↑ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for El Aaiún".
- ↑ "Renewing the twining agreement between Central Algiers and Wilaya of El Aaiun". Sahara Press Service. 30-10-2011. Archived frae the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 02-11-2011. Check date values in:
|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ↑ Ayuntamiento de Almería (ed.). "Ciudades Hermanadas". Archived frae the original on 28 Januar 2008. Retrieved 12 Apryle 2008.
- ↑ "Balance del viaje realizado por representantes municipales al Sahara". Aviles.es. Archived frae the original on 29 Mey 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ↑ Ayuntamiento de Málaga (ed.). "Official website for Malaga's candidature for European capital of culture in 2016". Archived frae the original on 22 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2008.
- ↑ "Hermanamiento de Montevideo y El Aaiún". Montevideo.gub.uy. 13 December 2009. Archived frae the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ↑ "El Ayuntamiento de Lorca denuncia la agresión de Marruecos contra el Pueblo Saharaui". Murcia.es. 12-11-2010. Retrieved 11-02-2013. Check date values in:
|accessdate=and|date=(help) (in Spaingie)
Freemit airtins eedit
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- (in French) Investir dans la région de Laâyoune "Invest in the region of Laâyoune"
- Entry in Lexicorient Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Entry in Travel-Images
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