Guelmim-Es Semara
Guelmim-Es Semara
كلميم السمارة | |
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.svg) Location in Morocco | |
| Country |  Morocco Western Sahara |
| Created | 1997 |
| Abolished | September 2015 |
| Capital | Guelmim |
| Area | |
| • Total | 122,825 km2 (47,423 sq mi) |
| Population (2014 census) | |
| • Total | 501,921 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Guelmim-Es Semara (Arabic: كلميم السمارة) was a former region of Morocco. It covered an area of 122,825 km² and had a population of 501,921 (2014 census).[1] The regional capital was Guelmim.
Geography
The southern half of Guelmin-Es Semara forms part of the Western Sahara. The region is bordered to the north by Souss-Massa-Drâa and to the west by Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, with the Algerian province of Tindouf to the east. Its disputed territory in the Western Sahara borders the Mauritanian Tiris Zemmour Region. Guelmin-Es Semara has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean, with the Spanish Canary Islands lying off it. The Draa River, at 1,100 km the longest in Morocco, flows into the Ocean near Tan-Tan.
The region was made up of the following provinces:
Municipalities by population (2004 census)
- Guelmin, Guelmim Province: 95,599
- Tan-Tan, Tan-Tan Province: 60,560
- Es Semara, Es Smara Province: 33,910[3]
- Tata, Tata Province: 15,192
- Bouizakarne, Guelmim Province: 11,982
- Assa, Assa-Zag Province: 11,667
- Foum Zguid, Tata Province: 9,611
- Zag, Assa-Zag Province: 7,751
- El Ouatia, Tan-Tan Province: 6,294
- Akka, Tata Province: 6,312
- Fam El Hisn, Tata Province: 6,183
References
- ^ "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ http://www.hcp.ma/Recensement-general-de-la-population-et-de-l-habitat-2004_a633.html
- ^ Within the Western Sahara
Capital: Guelmim | ||
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| 1971–1997 | ||
Regions falling partly (*) or entirely (**) within the disputed territory of Western Sahara | ||
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