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Cape Bojador (Arabic: رأس بوجادور, trans. Rā's Būjādūr; Berber languages: ⴱⵓⵊⴷⵓⵔ, Bujdur; Spanish and Portuguese: Cabo Bojador; French: Cap Boujdour) is a headland on the west coast of Western Sahara, at 26° 07' 37"N, 14° 29' 57"W (various sources give various locations: this is from the Sailing Directions for the region), as well as the name of the large nearby ...
Boujdour (or Bujdur, Bojador, Arabic: بوجدور, Hassaniyya: ⓘ) is a city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, near Cape Bojador. It is de facto administered by Morocco , which includes it in the administrative division of the Southern Provinces .
The Boujdour lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Bojador, French: Phare de Boujdour, Arabic: منارة راس بوجدور) is a lighthouse located near Cape Bojador in the city of Boujdour in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region of Morocco.
Boujdour Province (Arabic: إقليم بوجدور) is a province in the Moroccan occupied region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, Western Sahara. Its population in 2004 was 46,129. [ 1 ] Its major town is Boujdour .
Map of Western Sahara Location of cities in Western Sahara Laayoun Smara Cape Bojador. The following are cities in Western Sahara, listed by population.Due to an ongoing conflict over the territory, the majority is controlled by Morocco, and the eastern and southern portions are controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
Name Image Location Coordinates Waterbody Year built Tower height Focal height Range nml Admiralty number Cabo Bojador Lighthouse: Cape Bojador: Atlantic
By the 16th century, the Arab Saadi dynasty conquered the Songhai Empire based on the Niger River. Some Trans-Saharan trade routes also traversed Western Sahara. In 1884, Spain claimed a protectorate over the coast from Cape Bojador to Cape Blanc, and the area was later extended.
Saguia el-Hamra (Spanish: Saguía el Hamra [saˈɣi.a el ˈxamɾa] ⓘ, Arabic: الساقية الحمراء, romanized: al-Saqiyah al-Hamra'a, lit. 'Red Canal') is the northern geographic region of Western Sahara. [1] It was, with Río de Oro, one of the two territories that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969. Its name ...