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Laayoune

Laayoune or El Aai??n (Arabic: ????????????, al-??uy??n [al??uju??n], Hassaniyya: [??l????ju??n] , lit. 'The Springs') is the largest city of the disputed territory of Western Sahara, with a population of 271,344 in 2023. The city is de facto under Moroccan administration as occupied territory. The modern city is thought to have been founded by the Spanish captain Antonio de Oro in 1938. From 1958, it became the administrative capital of the Spanish Sahara, administered by the Governor General of Spanish West Africa. In 2023, Laayoune is the capital of the La??youne-Sakia El Hamra region administered by Morocco, it is still under the supervision...

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