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| El Aioun | |
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| — Commune and town — | |
 El Aioun
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| Coordinates: 15°33′0″N 11°11′2″W / 15.55°N 11.18389°W | |
| Country |  Mauritania |
| Region | Hodh Ech Chargui |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bah O/ Sid’Ahmed |
| Population | |
| • Total | 11,867 |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
Aioun or El Aioun is a town and commune in the Hodh Ech Chargui Region of southern Mauritania near the border with Mali. It has a population of 11,867[1]
References [link]
- ^ "Collectivités urbaines à vocation agricole, pastorale ou agropastorale". République Islamique de Mauritanie:Communes de Mauritanie. https://www.mauritania.mr/commune/fr/fiche_commune_fr.asp?ID=6. Retrieved January 14, 2009.
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Coordinates: 15°33′0″N 11°11′2″W / 15.55°N 11.18389°W
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Laayoune
Laayoune (Maghrebi Arabic: لعيون, Laʕyūn ; Spanish: El-Aaiún; Berber: Leɛyun; Literary Arabic: العيون al-ʿuyūn, lit. "The Springs") is the largest city in Western Sahara. The modern city is thought to have been founded by the Spanish colonizer Antonio de Oro in 1938. In 1940, Spain designated it as the capital of the Spanish Sahara. El-Aaiún (Laâyoune) is the capital of the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region under Moroccan administration.
The town is divided in two by the dry river of Saguia el Hamra. On the south side is the old lower town, constructed by Spanish colonists. A cathedral from that era is still active; its priests serve this city and Dakhla further south.
Demographics
The city has a population of 196,331 and is the largest city in Western Sahara. It is a growing economic hub.
Etymology
El Aaiún is the Spanish transliteration of the Maghrebi Arabic name Layoun which means "the water springs". Laâyoune is a French transliteration, which is the typical form used internationally, drawing from the dominant usage by the francophone oriented Moroccan administration.
Mauritania
Coordinates: 20°N 12°W / 20°N 12°W
Mauritania 
i/mɔːrɪˈteɪniə/ (Arabic: موريتانيا Mūrītānyā; Berber: Muritanya or Agawej; Wolof: Gànnaar; Soninke: Murutaane; Pulaar: Moritani), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in the Maghreb region of western North Africa. It is the eleventh largest country in Africa and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Morocco and the remnants of Western Sahara in the north, Algeria in the northeast, Mali in the east and southeast, and Senegal in the southwest.
The country derives its name from the ancient Berber Kingdom of Mauretania, which existed from the 3rd century BC to the 7th century AD, in the far north of modern-day Morocco. Approximately 90% of Mauritania's land is within the Sahara and consequently the population is concentrated in the south, where precipitation is slightly higher. The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast, which is home to around one-third of the country's 3.5 million people. The government was overthrown on 6 August 2008, in a military coup d'état led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. On 16 April 2009, Aziz resigned from the military to run for president in the 19 July elections, which he won.
