Laâyoune Province

Laâyoune Province (; ) is a delineated province in the north-west of the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region, which is situated within the northern part of the Moroccan-occupied territory of Western Sahara. Its population in 2004 was 210,023 (when it still included the population of the new Tarfaya Province, created in 2009). In today's limits of the province the population was 199,603. Its main town is Laayoune.

Subdivisions The province is divided administratively into the following:

Name Geographic code Type Households Population (2004) Foreign population Moroccan settlers Notes El Marsa 321.01.01. Municipality 2850 10229 11 10218 Laayoune 321.01.03. Municipality 37545 183691 477 183214 Bou Craa 321.03.01. Rural commune 505 2519 0 2519 Dcheira 321.03.03. Rural commune 313 1745 1 1744 Foum El Oued 321.03.05. Rural commune 325 1419 14 1405

Since 2009, the following communes have been separated into the Tarfaya Province: The municipality of Tarfaya, and the rural communes of El Hagounia, Akhfenir, Daoura, and Tah.

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