Explore El Aaiún in Western Sahara
El Aaiún in Western Sahara (general) with its 188,084 citizens is located in Western Sahara - some 7 mi (or 11 km) South-West of El-Aaiun, the Sahrawi capital.
Local time in El Aaiún is 10:27 PM (Saturday). The local timezone is "Africa / El Aaiun" with an UTC offset of 0 hours.
Laayoune Plage, Ad Dchira, Uad Damran, Bu Craa, Tarfaya and El Khebita are places relativly close and might be worth to explore when in that area.
According to our database, there is one airport in the area. The closest airport is Hassan I Airport with a distance of 2.5 mi (or 4.1 km) south-east of the centre of El Aaiún. Have a look at our dedicated picture gallery to get a glimpse of what this locations is like. Need some inspiration for finding sightseeing destinations and want to learn more this place? Check the related El Aaiún attractions page. The same applies for local and videos.
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Laâyoune, Westsahara
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Laayoune by night
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Barrage de Laâyoune...
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Sightseeing & Attractions
El Aaiún: "Laâyoune or "El Ayun")(Arabic: العيون, transliterated "al-`ayūn"), is a city in the Western Sahara and a former Spanish colony. Occupied by Morocco since 1976UN General Assembly Resolution 34/37 and UN General Assembly Resolution 35/19, El-Aaiún is the capital of the Moroccan region of Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra ...
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El Aaiún is known by different spellings and names throughout the world. These are the ones we know of.
Ejbei Uad el Aabd, Laayoune, Aaium, Aiun, Al Ayoun, El Aium, El Aiún, La’Youn, Aaiún, Al-Aaiun, Al-Ujun, Ajuno, Al-Ayun, Ел Ајун, El Ayun, O Aiún - العيون
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