Zug
زوك Zoug | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
  Zug Location in Western Sahara  Zug Zug (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 21°36′47″N 14°8′50″W / 21.61306°N 14.14722°W | |
| Country | Western Sahara |
| Claimed by |  Kingdom of Morocco, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
| Controlled by | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality[1] |
| • Mayor | Nayem Enna Mahayub[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 47.18 km2 (18.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 212 m (696 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 833 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
Zug (also transliterated "Zoug", "Sug"; Arabic: زوك) is a municipality located in the far south-east of Western Sahara, 170 km. from Atar, Mauritania. The only erg or sand sea in Western Sahara (known as "Galb Azefal") is located nearby, where it runs from south-west to north-east from Mauritania into Western Sahara and back into Mauritania, where the border forms a right angle.[3] Zug is located in the part of Western Sahara that is controlled by the Polisario Front and by them referred to as the Liberated Territories.[4] It is the head of the 1st military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and holds a SPLA military outpost and a small hospital.
- ^ "Allocating seats for the liberated territories in Parliament will be considered in the next election (Official)". Sahara Press Service. 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-07-02.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Visita de un alcalde del Sahara a Zumaia" (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 2009-07-23. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ^ Geography Website Archived February 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Report to the Frente Polisario and to Ophir Energy plc on environmental and archaeological work in Western Sahara: November-December 2007[permanent dead link] Nick Brooks