Natural History

Dakhla, Western Sahara

Dakhla (Arabic: الداخلة, lit. 'The Peninsula', Hassaniyya: [ˌəd.daːχlə] ; founded as Villa Cisneros) is a city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, and has been occupied by Morocco since 1979. It is the capital of the claimed Moroccan administrative region Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab. It has a population of 161,723 , making it the second-largest city in Western Sahara, after Laayoune. It is on a narrow peninsula of the Atlantic Coast, the Río de Oro Peninsula, about 550 km (340 mi) south of Laayoune.

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See also

• ▸Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve
• ▸Battle of Bziyiqo
• ▸Girdling

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