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Agwanit
أغوانيت Agüenit Aghoueinit or Aghouinite | |
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  Agwanit Location in Western Sahara | |
| Coordinates: 22°11′0″N 13°7′59″W / 22.18333°N 13.13306°W | |
| UN Non-Self-Governing Territory | Western Sahara |
| Claimed by |  Morocco |
| Controlled by |  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.66 km2 (6.82 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 306 m (1,004 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 222 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Agounit (also transliterated Aghouinite, Aghounit, Aghoueinit, Agueinit, Agwenit, Agwanit, Agüenit, Aguanit; Arabic: أغوانيت) is a small town or village in the Río de Oro area of the disputed territory of Western Sahara. It is situated in the Polisario Front-held Free Zone of Western Sahara, under the jurisdiction of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, and near the Mauritanian border, 72 km. south-west from Fderik. It is claimed by Morocco as a rural commune in the Aousserd Province in the region of Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 222 people living in 43 households.[1] It has a hospital, a school and a mosque. It is the head of the 7th military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
It is also the name of a daïra of the wilaya of Auserd, in the Sahrawi refugee camps.
- ^ "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.