Laayoune

Summary

Laayoune is a big city^[1]. Laayoune draws 1,915 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #95 of 300).^[2]

Key Facts

• Laayoune is located in Laâyoune Province^[3].
• Laayoune is in the country of Morocco^[4].
• Laayoune is in the country of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic^[5].
• Laayoune's head of government is recorded as Moulay Hamdi Ould Errachid^[6].
• Laayoune's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Laayoune's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity^[8].
• Laayoune's instance of is recorded as urban commune of Morocco^[9].
• Laayoune's official language is recorded as Arabic^[10].
• Laayoune's twinned administrative body is recorded as Caracas^[11].
• Laayoune's twinned administrative body is recorded as Málaga^[12].
• Laayoune's twinned administrative body is recorded as Almería^[13].
• Laayoune's twinned administrative body is recorded as Avilés^[14].
• Laayoune's twinned administrative body is recorded as Montevideo^[15].
• Laayoune's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lorca^[16].
• Laayoune's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sorrento^[17].
• Laayoune's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sesto Fiorentino^[18].
• Laayoune's Commons category is recorded as El Aaiún^[19].
• Laayoune's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[20].
• Laayoune's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[21].
• 1938 marks the founding of Laayoune^[22].
• Laayoune's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 27.15, 'lon': -13.2}^[23].
• Laayoune's official website is recorded as https://laayoune.ma/^[24].
• Laayoune's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Laayoune^[25].
• Laayoune has a population of {'amount': '+93875'}^[26].
• Laayoune has a population of {'amount': '+136950'}^[27].

Body

Founding

1938 marks the founding of Laayoune^[22].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Laayoune'}^[28], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'العيون'}^[29], and {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'El Aaiún'}^[30].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Laayoune include Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra^[31], a region of Morocco^[32], in Morocco^[33], founded in 2015^[34].

Why It Matters

Laayoune draws 1,915 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #95 of 300).^[2] Laayoune has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Laayoune is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Laayoune include Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra^[31], a region of Morocco^[32], in Morocco^[33], founded in 2015^[34].