Dougaj Explained

Official Name:Dougaj
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Pushpin Map:Western Sahara#Africa
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Western Sahara
Subdivision Type:Territory
Subdivision Type1:Claimed by
Subdivision Name:Western Sahara
Subdivision Name1: Kingdom of Morocco,
Subdivision Type2:Controlled by
Subdivision Name2: Sahrawi Republic
Government Type:Municipality[1]
Coordinates:22.0556°N -13.5528°W
Elevation M:270

Dougaj is a region and town situated in the south of Western Sahara of Africa approximately midway between the Agwanit region and the Moroccan Wall, 119 km from Fderik, Mauritania. Dougaj is located in the part of Western Sahara controlled by the Polisario Front and often referred to as the Free Zone or Liberated Territories.[2] It is the head of the 6th military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, and holds an SPLA military outpost.

Infrastructure

On late June 2012, the Sahrawi minister of Construction and Urbanization of the Liberated Territories laid the foundation stone of Dougaj's new school.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Allocating seats for the liberated territories in Parliament will be considered in the next election (Official) . . 2012-02-20 . 2012-02-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140912163454/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/content/allocating-seats-liberated-territories-parliament-will-be-considered-next-election-official . 2014-09-12 .
  2. International Crisis Group, Western Sahara: the Cost of the Conflict, Report 65, 11 June 2007, Read online
  3. News: Establishment of new municipalities in Saharawi liberated territories . https://archive.today/20130218095224/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/content/establishment-new-municipalities-saharawi-liberated-territories . dead . 2013-02-18 . SPS . January 7, 2012 . 2012-02-07 .