Dougaj

Dougaj
Municipality and town
Dougaj

Location in Western Sahara

Coordinates: 22°3′20″N 13°33′10″W / 22.05556°N 13.55278°W / 22.05556; -13.55278
Country Western Sahara
Claimed by Morocco Kingdom of Morocco,
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Controlled by Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sahrawi Republic
Government
 • Type Municipality[1]
Elevation 270 m (890 ft)

Dougaj is a region and town situated in the south of Western Sahara approximately midway between the Agwanit region and the Moroccan Wall, 119 km from Fderik, Mauritania. Dougaj is located in the part of Western Sahara controlled by the Polisario Front and often referred to as the Free Zone or Liberated Territories.[2] It is the head of the 6th military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, and holds an SPLA military outpost.

Infrastructure

On late June 2012, the Sahrawi minister of Construction and Urbanization of the Liberated Territories laid the foundation stone of Dougaj's new school.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Allocating seats for the liberated territories in Parliament will be considered in the next election (Official)". Sahara Press Service. 2012-02-20. Archived from the original on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 02-07-2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ International Crisis Group, Western Sahara: the Cost of the Conflict, Report 65, 11 June 2007, Read online Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Establishment of new municipalities in Saharawi liberated territories". SPS. 01-07-2012. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 02-07-2012. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)


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