It was in 1934 that Lieutenant Antonio de Oro established a camp on the left bank of Sèquia el Amra for the Spanish colonial police where the generous groundwater permit lasting installation.
In less than a century, Laayoune claimed as capital of an independent Sahrawi state, has skyrocketed, becoming the first economic and administrative center for Saharan Provinces.
Since the annexation by Morocco in Western Sahara in 1979, tax benefits granted to entrepreneurs and investors have allowed the momentum. The exploitation of phosphate mines of Bou Kra and treatment are not strangers. Phosphate is one of the main wealth of the kingdom. It is delivered on a conveyor belt (the longest in the world about 100km) directly to the port of El Marsa third Moroccan port 25 km from Laayoune where it is processed before being exported by ship
Downtown
INVESTMENTS These have most transformed the appearance of the city still remains the old cathedral in Spanish concrete. The center gathers around the vast square Méchouar all jurisdictions, banks and business locations.
These changes were complemented by the creation of cultural and sports venues. Theater, cinema, stadium, home to young people, schools, exhibition hall are also present to facilitate and better meet the needs of a settlement often still nomadic population.
Laayoune opens to tourism
Responding to the wishes of the new tourism directions provided on the Atlantic coast south of Morocco, seaside activities, relaxation and discovery of the hinterland have been implemented with a consistent range of varied leisure. + Continue reading ...
Apart from the water sports that appreciate the consistency of waves and wind, sport fishing or wholesale welcomes more and more fans on the long beach lined Foum El Oued dunes. Hunters will not be outdone, two protected game reserves were created. Hares, gazelles, partridges, bustards their are offered ...
Wild and varied landscapes.
The hinterland lends itself to the needs of travelers of all kinds hungry for wide open spaces. Excursions to the many salt lakes close to the coastal region, as Tah 70 km north of the city, are indeed organized from it. A great adventure to meet this rich and varied nature, made of regs and ergs along the coast and the charm of the region.
On the road to Smara, rock paintings sites Asli and Oued Miran give us, them, the testimony of a distant past when the Sahara was greener and humid, hosting a wide variety of animals. Located 250km, Smara is emblematic of a Saharan town rich past.
Step on the great south road
For many travelers, a city of Laayoune remains friendly and almost mandatory stopover in sub-Saharan Africa.
However, the strengths developed by the region show a willingness to be part of a tourism which hopefully, will be environmentally sustainable and respectful of the local population ...
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