Boujdour
إقليم بوجدور | |
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Province | |
Coordinates: 26°08′N 14°30′W / 26.133°N 14.500°W | |
Country | Western Sahara |
Seat | Boujdour |
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. [2]
Its territory, which is part of Western Sahara claimed by both Morocco and the Polisario Front, has been de facto administered by Morocco since the mid-1970s.
The prefecture of Boujdour is located in the north of the region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra. It covers an area of approximately 43,753 square kilometres (16,893 sq mi).
It is bordered by:
The province of Boujdour was created by the dahir establishing the law of 6 August 1976, after the Green March of 1975 leading to the Madrid agreements which divided Western Sahara in two. The Spanish region of Seguia el-Hamra was entrusted to Morocco while that of Río de Oro to Mauritania. Like the provinces of Laâyoune and Es Semara, the province of Boujdour was created on 6 August 1976. [3]
When it was created, the province of Boujdour had 2 circles which included 4 caïdats and the rural communes Bir Anzarane, Oum Dreyga, Boujdour and Gueltat Zemmour. [4]
The province is divided administratively into the following: [5]
Name | Geographic code | Type | Households | Population (2004) | Foreign population | Moroccan population | Notes |
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Boujdour | 121.01.01. | Municipality | 8416 | 36843 | 6 | 36837 | |
Guelta Zemmur | 121.03.01. | Rural commune | 95 | 6740 | 24 | 6716 | |
Jraifia | 121.03.03. | Rural commune | 380 | 1385 | 0 | 1385 | |
Lamssid | 121.03.05. | Rural commune | 292 | 1161 | 0 | 1161 |
In 2014 the population was 50,566, of which 42,651 were urban and 7,915 were rural. [6] The town of Boujdour had 42,651 inhabitants, Gueltat Zemmour had 6,383, Jraifa 950 and Lamssid 572. [6] Population growth: [7]
2014 | 2004 | 1994 | 1982 | |
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Total | 50,566 | 46,129 | 21,691 | 8,481 |
Urban | 42,651 | 36,843 | 15,167 | 3,597 |
Rural | 7,915 | 9,286 | 6,524 | 4,884 |