Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab ( ar, الداخلة - وادي الذهب, ad-dāḵla - wādī ḏ-ḏahab; ber, ⴷⴷⴰⵅⵍⴰ ⴰⵙⵉⴼ ⵏ ⵡⵓⵕⵖ, ddaxla asif n wuṛɣ) is one of the twelve

regions of Morocco Regions are currently the highest administrative divisions in Morocco. Since 2015, Morocco officially administers 12 regions, including one ( Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab) that lies completely within the disputed territory of Western Sahara and two ( ...

. Before September 2015 it was known as Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira ( ar, وادي الذهب لكويرة). It is situated in the disputed territory of

Western Sahara Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the ...

, considered by Morocco to be the southern part of the country. The

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and other

independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the stat ...

-seeking Sahrawis consider this to be a part of the

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (; SADR; also romanized with Saharawi; ar, الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية ' es, República Árabe Saharaui Democrática), also known as Western Sahara, is a ...

. The

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and most countries do not recognize either Moroccan

sovereignty Sovereignty is the defining authority within individual consciousness, social construct, or territory. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within the state, as well as external autonomy for states. In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the perso ...

over the area, or the self-declared Sahrawi republic. The region covers an area of 50,880 km² and had a population of 142,955 according to the 2014 census. The capital is the coastal

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

of Dakhla, formerly known as Villa Cisneros. The region comprises two provinces:

Subdivisions

Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab consists of two provinces: * Aousserd Province *

Oued Ed-Dahab Province Oued Ed-Dahab ( ar, إقليم وادي الذهب) is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, in the disputed territory of Western Sahara Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast ...

References

External links

Portail officiel de Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira
Geography of Western Sahara {{DakhlaOuedEdDahab-geo-stub