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Dakhla
الداخلة | |
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  Dakhla Location in Western Sahara  Dakhla Dakhla (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 23°43′N 15°57′W / 23.717°N 15.950°W | |
| Non-self-governing territory | Western Sahara |
| Claimed by |  Kingdom of Morocco Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
| Controlled by | Kingdom of Morocco |
| Region | Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab |
| Province | Oued Ed-Dahab |
| Area | |
• Total | 301.45 km2 (116.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 106,277 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 |
Dakhla (Arabic: الداخلة, lit. 'The Peninsula', Hassaniyya: [ˌəd.daːχlə] ) is a city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara,[2] currently occupied by Morocco.[3][4] It is the capital of the claimed Moroccan administrative region Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab. It has a population of 106,277[1] and is on a narrow peninsula of the Atlantic Coast, the Río de Oro Peninsula, about 550 km (340 mi) south of Laayoune.
- ^ a b "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). Haut Commissariat au Plan. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Western Sahara: a 'peaceful solution' to conflict is possible, says UN envoy". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "A/RES/35/19 - E - A/RES/35/19". Question of Western Sahara. p. 214. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Christian Walter; Antje von Ungern-Sternberg; Kavus Abushov (5 June 2014). Self-Determination and Secession in International Law. OUP Oxford. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-19-100692-0.