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The main economic center of the Saharan provinces grows near the mouth of the Seguiet el Hamra, mythical river which J. MG Le Clezio referenced in the Desert. Then we could believe her lost in her faraway south, the city has seen its importance grow economically with the neighborhood of the deposit phosphatier Boukraa, proximity of the Canaries, and the will of the Moroccan government. Growing city, Laayoune has a decidedly urban planning modernist.
fruits of voluntarism. Laayoune took advantage of the desire to organize the development of these territories. As such, it has benefited many Moroccan state investment. From Tarfaya, and across the southern Sahara, many products are subsidized and public employees have a double salary. These provisions have largely contributed to the advent of private sector executives and public. We'll see quite a few in Laayoune Saharawis dressed in traditional blue loose clothing. It will be noted, however many electronic gadgets and other consumer products in stores.
The city is organized around a large square futuristic design that includes all l administrations. The buildings were designed in a modern style respecting the traditional architecture Saharan Africa.
To see other buildings from the congress palace, the mosque, a craft center. The straight streets are lined with houses generally low, usually topped with domes.
Beach of Foum El Oued, Laayoune-Plage (safe swimming), and the port of embarkation in Laayoune are about
25 km south-west. of the city. An impressive automatic conveyor connects directly docks to the plains of phosphates Boukraa at, a hundred miles.
From Laayoune
- Smara (240 Km East; paved road; learn about the opening of this road to tourism). A city in prestigious history, and it remains only a memory. Follow the road from Laayoune Boukraa about 70 km, then turn left towards Itgui and Smara.
Smara is the new capital of province, creates a few miles south of Seguiet el Hamra, at the site of the holy city founded by Sheikh Ma el Ainin and the construction of which was attended by artists from Fes, Tangier and Tetouan. The Casbah, protected by a wall pierced by five gates, formed a set of eighteen buildings in circles which was the private residence of Sheikh.
The mosque, which remain the pillars and dome, occupied the north-east of the city. A rich library of Koranic schools, silos, tanks, baths, stables, large suburbs, where they held the souks completed the outfit. Several stations
petroglyphs near Smara: Asli, ed Selouane, Wadi Miran, etc..
Beyond Smara, the road heads north and crosses a few miles away Seguiet el Hamra itself.
- Boukraa and Guelta Zemmour: 8 km ; Learn about the opening of this road to tourism). The road climbs a part Boukraa 1'oued Khat, a tributary of Seguiet el Hamra and separates the road from Smara after 70 km.
- 105 Km: Bonkraa, center phosphatiers deposits of that name existed in society Phosboucraa;
The Office of Phosphates Shereefian now holds a majority stake.
The deposit, known since 1947, comprises three major basins, including that of Itgui operated from Boukraa. The reserves are estimated at 950 million m3 of high-grade ore, nearly 2 million m3 being open pit mining.
- 258 Km: Guelta Zemmour caravan step around a pool of water (guelta) fed during 6 months of the year and around which the herds graze Reguibat.
3 - Laayone Dakhla (542 Km from the new paved road, learn about the opening of this road to tourism). Exit towards Laayoune Laayoune Plage. Filer and due south along the Atlantic coast of Mauritania to the gates.
- 25 km: Port of embarkation Boukraa phosphates, or may be responsible for ore than 100 000 tonnes.
- 110 Km: Lemsid, not far from the qubba of Sidi Mohammed Bou Gambour.
- 199 km: Boujdour, near the cape of the same name, was reached by the Portuguese from the fifteenth century This territory is inhabited by Filali, originating Tafilalet.
Boujdour (15,167 inhab.) Is the county seat Tiris el Gharbia, the southernmost and largest of the provinces of Morocco (100,120 km2). A desalination of sea water was built. Flagship of a range of 200 miles high in 1965.
- 480 Km: it is in these parts that passed the old border (
was established in April 1976) between Mauritania and Morocco.
- 503 Km: Hassi Lahyad, intersection. Right, Dakhla direction (39 km). On the left, the road continues south to cross the line of the Tropic of Cancer and down to Lagouira and Mauritania; the area is controlled by the army, and the Mauritanian border is closed.
- 542 Km: Dakh1a. While in Laayoune to Dakhla comes to the ocean crash against the cliffs at once offered the magnificent lagoon of Rio de Oro, with its peacefulness and turquoise waters where many migratory birds rely. It is the "fishing paradise," very popular with surfers-carting. The region is also renowned for its beautiful underwater world, the authorities are to develop tourism there.
Dakhla was founded by the English in 1884 under the name of Villa Cisneros, who later became a stage of Aeropostale. The city is located towards the end of the long narrow almost the same name, which closes at West Bay in Rio de Oro
The main economic center of the Saharan provinces grows near the mouth of the Seguiet el Hamra, mythical river which J. MG Le Clezio referenced in the Desert. Then we could believe her lost in her faraway south, the city has seen its importance grow economically with the neighborhood of the deposit phosphatier Boukraa, proximity of the Canaries, and the will of the Moroccan government. Growing city, Laayoune has a decidedly urban planning modernist.
fruits of voluntarism. Laayoune took advantage of the desire to organize the development of these territories. As such, it has benefited many Moroccan state investment. From Tarfaya, and across the southern Sahara, many products are subsidized and public employees have a double salary. These provisions have largely contributed to the advent of private sector executives and public. We'll see quite a few in Laayoune Saharawis dressed in traditional blue loose clothing. It will be noted, however many electronic gadgets and other consumer products in stores.
The city is organized around a large square futuristic design that includes all l administrations. The buildings were designed in a modern style respecting the traditional architecture Saharan Africa.
To see other buildings from the congress palace, the mosque, a craft center. The straight streets are lined with houses generally low, usually topped with domes.
Beach of Foum El Oued, Laayoune-Plage (safe swimming), and the port of embarkation in Laayoune are about
25 km south-west. of the city. An impressive automatic conveyor connects directly docks to the plains of phosphates Boukraa at, a hundred miles.
From Laayoune
- Smara (240 Km East; paved road; learn about the opening of this road to tourism). A city in prestigious history, and it remains only a memory. Follow the road from Laayoune Boukraa about 70 km, then turn left towards Itgui and Smara.
Smara is the new capital of province, creates a few miles south of Seguiet el Hamra, at the site of the holy city founded by Sheikh Ma el Ainin and the construction of which was attended by artists from Fes, Tangier and Tetouan. The Casbah, protected by a wall pierced by five gates, formed a set of eighteen buildings in circles which was the private residence of Sheikh.
The mosque, which remain the pillars and dome, occupied the north-east of the city. A rich library of Koranic schools, silos, tanks, baths, stables, large suburbs, where they held the souks completed the outfit. Several stations
petroglyphs near Smara: Asli, ed Selouane, Wadi Miran, etc..
Beyond Smara, the road heads north and crosses a few miles away Seguiet el Hamra itself.
- Boukraa and Guelta Zemmour: 8 km ; Learn about the opening of this road to tourism). The road climbs a part Boukraa 1'oued Khat, a tributary of Seguiet el Hamra and separates the road from Smara after 70 km.
- 105 Km: Bonkraa, center phosphatiers deposits of that name existed in society Phosboucraa;
The Office of Phosphates Shereefian now holds a majority stake.
The deposit, known since 1947, comprises three major basins, including that of Itgui operated from Boukraa. The reserves are estimated at 950 million m3 of high-grade ore, nearly 2 million m3 being open pit mining.
- 258 Km: Guelta Zemmour caravan step around a pool of water (guelta) fed during 6 months of the year and around which the herds graze Reguibat.
3 - Laayone Dakhla (542 Km from the new paved road, learn about the opening of this road to tourism). Exit towards Laayoune Laayoune Plage. Filer and due south along the Atlantic coast of Mauritania to the gates.
- 25 km: Port of embarkation Boukraa phosphates, or may be responsible for ore than 100 000 tonnes.
- 110 Km: Lemsid, not far from the qubba of Sidi Mohammed Bou Gambour.
- 199 km: Boujdour, near the cape of the same name, was reached by the Portuguese from the fifteenth century This territory is inhabited by Filali, originating Tafilalet.
Boujdour (15,167 inhab.) Is the county seat Tiris el Gharbia, the southernmost and largest of the provinces of Morocco (100,120 km2). A desalination of sea water was built. Flagship of a range of 200 miles high in 1965.
- 480 Km: it is in these parts that passed the old border (
was established in April 1976) between Mauritania and Morocco.
- 503 Km: Hassi Lahyad, intersection. Right, Dakhla direction (39 km). On the left, the road continues south to cross the line of the Tropic of Cancer and down to Lagouira and Mauritania; the area is controlled by the army, and the Mauritanian border is closed.
- 542 Km: Dakh1a. While in Laayoune to Dakhla comes to the ocean crash against the cliffs at once offered the magnificent lagoon of Rio de Oro, with its peacefulness and turquoise waters where many migratory birds rely. It is the "fishing paradise," very popular with surfers-carting. The region is also renowned for its beautiful underwater world, the authorities are to develop tourism there.
Dakhla was founded by the English in 1884 under the name of Villa Cisneros, who later became a stage of Aeropostale. The city is located towards the end of the long narrow almost the same name, which closes at West Bay in Rio de Oro
