Guelmim-Es Semara Explained

Guelmim-Es Semara
Native Name:كلميم السمارة
Settlement Type:Region
Coordinates:28.15°N -14°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Morocco
Established Title:Created
Established Date:1997
Extinct Title:Abolished
Extinct Date:September 2015
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Guelmim
Leader Title:Wali
Area Total Km2:122825
Population Total:501921
Population As Of:2014 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:WET
Utc Offset:+0
Timezone Dst:WEST
Utc Offset Dst:+1

Guelmim-Es Semara was one of the sixteen former regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It covered an area of and had a population of 501,921 (2014 census).[1] The regional capital was Guelmim.

Geography

The southern half of Guelmin-Es Semara formed part of the Western Sahara. The region was bordered to the north by Souss-Massa-Drâa and to the west by Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, with the Algerian province of Tindouf to the east. Its disputed territory in the Western Sahara bordered the Mauritanian Tiris Zemmour Region. Guelmin-Es Semara had a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean, with the Spanish Canary Islands lying off it. The Draa River, at 1,100 km the longest in Morocco, flowed through the region into the Atlantic Ocean near Tan-Tan.

The region was made up of the following provinces:

Municipalities by population (2004 census)

Source:[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004. Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. 22 April 2012. 24 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120724191316/http://www.lavieeco.com/documents_officiels/Recensement%20population.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2004. Youssef. Maaroufi. 2012-05-29. 2018-06-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180619163929/https://www.hcp.ma/Recensement-general-de-la-population-et-de-l-habitat-2004_a633.html. dead.
  3. Within the Western Sahara