Largest Cities in Western Sahara
Facts about Western Sahara
Official languages: Arabic
Capital: Laayoune
Area: 266,000 km²
Population: 273,008 residents
Population density: 1.03 residents per km²
Currency: MAD
Internet TLD: .eh
ISO codes: EH, ESH, 732
The telephone code for Western Sahara is +212
In the course of the Western Sahara conflict in 1976, the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic (DARS) was proclaimed (also known as the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic) on the territory of the former Spanish colony of the Spanish Sahara (Spanish Sahara Occidental). The entire area is administered almost exclusively by the occupying power of Morocco. The POLISARIO government in exile is based in Algeria. According to international law, the future of the area designated by the UN as non-independent territory depends on a referendum, on the holding of which no agreement has yet been reached.
Population
| Total population | 652,271 |
| Population growth rate | 2.54% |
| Birth rate | 29.30 births per 1,000 residents |
| Life expectancy | |
| Overall life expectancy | 61.90 years |
| Men life expectancy | 59.65 years |
| Women life expectancy | 64.23 years |
| Age structure | |
| 0-14 years | 36.93% |
| 15-64 years | 59.12% |
| 65 years and above | 3.95% |
| Median age | 20.90 years |
| Gender ratio | 0.98 M / F |
| Population density | 2.45 residents per km² |
| Urbanization | 93.70% |
| Cities | |
| El Aaiún (El Aaiun) [capital] (F 1990) 139000, Oued edh Dheheb (F 1990) 26000, Smara (F 1990) 24000, Boujdour (F 1990) 10000 | |
| Ethnicities | |
| Arabs and Berbers | |
| Religions | |
| Muslims | |
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Biggest Cities of Western Sahara by Population
| # | City | Population | Latitude | Longitude |
| 1 | Laayoune, Western Sahara | 196,442 | 27.1418 | -13.188 |
| 2 | Dakhla, Western Sahara | 75,111 | 23.6848 | -15.958 |
| 3 | Laayoune Plage, Western Sahara | 10,561 | 27.0961 | -13.4158 |