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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 .
Al Maghrib was the first Arabic newspaper of the country, and was established in 1886. [9] It was a local media, based in Tetouan.. The first national newspaper to be published in Arabic by Moroccans was an-Nafahat az-Zakiya fi l-Akhbar il-Maghrebiya (النفحات الزكية في الأخبار المغربية The Pleasant Notes in the News of Morocco) in 1889.
This is a list of Arabic-language and other newspapers published in the Arab world. The Arab newspaper industry started in the early 19th century with the Iraqi newspaper Journal Iraq published by Ottoman Wali, Dawud Pasha, in Baghdad in 1816. International Arab papers Al-Arab (United Kingdom) Al-Hayat (United Kingdom) Al-Quds al-Arabi (United Kingdom) Asharq Alawsat (United Kingdom) Hoona ...
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 .
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 ...
Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North-western Africa.It has a surface area of 272,000 square kilometres (105,000 sq mi). Approximately 30% of the territory (82,500 km 2 (31,900 sq mi)) is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR); the remaining 70% is occupied and administered by neighboring Morocco.
The history of Western Sahara can be traced back to the times of Carthaginian explorer Hanno the Navigator in the 5th century BC. Though few historical records are left from that period, Western Sahara's modern history has its roots linked to some nomadic groups (living under Berber tribal rule and in contact with the Roman Empire) such as the Sanhaja group, and the introduction of Islam and ...