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Places, resources and documented events in Western Sahara. Every point shows source, date, precision and verification level.

CityRefugee campMining sitePortEnergyDocumented event

Laayoune (El Aaiún) — Largest city in Western Sahara, under Moroccan administration. MINURSO headquarters. (Source: OpenStreetMap; ONU, MINURSO)

Dakhla — Coastal city and port under Moroccan administration. At the centre of fishing, energy and tourism projects. (Source: OpenStreetMap)

Smara — Historic city founded in the late 19th century, under Moroccan administration. (Source: OpenStreetMap)

Boujdour — Coastal city under Moroccan administration. (Source: OpenStreetMap)

Tindouf refugee camps — Sahrawi camps in south-western Algeria (Smara, Laayoune, Awserd, Dakhla, Boujdour, Rabouni), run by the Polisario Front, assisted by UNHCR and WFP since 1975-76. (Source: UNHCR, Algeria operation; OpenStreetMap)

Bou Craa (phosphates) — Phosphate deposit mined by Phosboucraa, a subsidiary of Morocco's OCP group, linked to the port of Laayoune by a conveyor belt of about 100 km. (Source: OCP Group, Phosboucraa (sito societario); Western Sahara Resource Watch, rapporti P for Plunder)

Port of Laayoune (El Marsa) — Export port for Bou Craa phosphates and landing port for fisheries. (Source: OpenStreetMap; Western Sahara Resource Watch)

Foum El Oued wind farm — Wind farm near Laayoune developed by Nareva (Al Mada group) with Siemens Gamesa turbines; also supplies Phosboucraa operations. (Source: Western Sahara Resource Watch, Greenwashing occupation; comunicati Nareva)

Tifariti — Locality in the territories east of the berm, controlled by the Polisario Front (which calls them 'liberated territories'). (Source: OpenStreetMap; rapporti del Segretario generale ONU su MINURSO)

Bir Lehlou — Locality east of the berm where the SADR was proclaimed on 27 February 1976. (Source: OpenStreetMap; Fronte Polisario / RASD (fonte di parte per la proclamazione))

Guerguerat — Crossing on the border with Mauritania. On 13 November 2020 the Moroccan army's operation against a blockade by Sahrawi protesters marked, according to the Polisario Front, the end of the 1991 ceasefire. (Source: Rapporto del Segretario generale ONU S/2021/843 (ott. 2021); comunicati Fronte Polisario e governo marocchino (fonti di parte))

Territories east of the berm: drone strikes — Area where, since November 2020, drone strikes against civilians and combatants have been documented. Placed at region level. (Source: Rapporti del Segretario generale ONU su MINURSO 2021-2025)

We never publish coordinates of people, homes or meeting places. Events are placed at city or region level. Map tiles are provided by OpenStreetMap.

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