Laayoune | Morocco | City Gallery

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CasaMor

Discussion Starter · Oct 4, 2010

El-Aaiún (also transliterated "Laâyoune" or "El Ayun"; Arabic: العيون, transliterated al-ʾAyūn, lit. "The Springs"), is a city in Western Sahara founded by the Spanish in 1928[citation needed]. Administered by Morocco since 1976, El-Aaiún is the capital of what the Moroccan government called the region of Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, and POLISARIO called Occupied Territories. It is also claimed by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as their capital.

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CasaMor

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reda2casa

· #6 · Oct 4, 2010

CasaMor said:

Laayoune.. The capital of the Sahara!
I love this one..

Overral, i prefer Dakhla over Laayoune
In termes of landscapes and wild nature it has to offer.

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CasaMor

Discussion Starter · #7 · Oct 4, 2010

^^ Claro! Dakhla is wonderful!

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Constantine MMX

· #8 · Oct 4, 2010

Masha'allah, my friends use to name themselves alot after the city they were born, so I know a Rachid Nador, a Hakim Teteouan, one Samir Tangier, and a Ikram Mekness, never a Laayoune though.

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reda2casa

· #9 · Oct 5, 2010

Constantine MMX said:
Masha'allah, my friends use to name themselves alot after the city they were born, so I know a Rachid Nador, a Hakim Teteouan, one Samir Tangier, and a Ikram Mekness, never a Laayoune though.

Well, i know a Adnan Laayoune and a Aouatif (a girl) Guelmim...

BTW, i'm a Reda Casablanca :lol:

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Arbate

· #10 · Oct 5, 2010

You mean Western Sahara?

It is a nice town, nice people. The only thing I disliked was the profound military presence. I like how it's built on a hill, good work out lol.

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CologneOujda

· #11 · Oct 5, 2010

Arbate said:
You mean Western Sahara? It is a nice town, nice people. The only thing I disliked was the profound military presence. I like how it's built on a hill, good work out lol.

No, Morocco.

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Constantine MMX

· #12 · Oct 5, 2010

reda2casa said:
Well, i know a Adnan Laayoune and a Aouatif (a girl) Guelmim...

BTW, i'm a Reda Casablanca :lol:

:lol: It's strange that I never met a brother or sister from Casablanca when i lived in the Netherlands, infact it's only a few years ago since I discovered that jewel of a city is Morocco's main metropolis(I knew plenty of people from Rabat though). :cheers:

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reda2casa

· #13 · Oct 5, 2010

Constantine MMX said:
:lol: It's strange that I never met a brother or sister from Casablanca when i lived in the Netherlands, infact it's only a few years ago since I discovered that jewel of a city is Morocco's main metropolis(I knew plenty of people from Rabat though). :cheers:

Actually, there is not a lot of emigrants, originally from Casablanca, comparing to other parts of Morocco. Most of casaoui (inhabitants of Casa) abroad are for travel, studies or business matter.

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Hadrami

· #14 · Oct 5, 2010

reda2casa said:
Actually, there is not a lot of emigrants, originally from Casablanca, comparing to other parts of Morocco. Most of casaoui (inhabitants of Casa) abroad are for travel, studies or business matter.

I think it's the same for Sahraouis except maybe from Guelmim.

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[Prinny Man]

· #15 · Oct 5, 2010

Arbate said:
You mean Western Sahara? It is a nice town, nice people. The only thing I disliked was the profound military presence. I like how it's built on a hill, good work out lol.

Nop, it's Morocco... It's Morocco who built these cities, and it is the Moroccan Sahara !