Meharrize Explained

Official Name:Mehaires
Other Name:Meharrize
Native Name:محيرس
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
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Pushpin Map:Western Sahara#Africa
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Subdivision Type:Territory
Subdivision Type1:Claimed by
Subdivision Name:Western Sahara
Subdivision Name1: Kingdom of Morocco
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Subdivision Type2:Controlled by
Subdivision Name2: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Government Type:Municipality[1]
Coordinates:26.1472°N -11.0692°W
Elevation M:378

Meharrize (also transliterated Mheiriz, Mehaires; Arabic: محيرس) is an oasis located in Western Sahara. It is situated between Tifariti and Amgala, 93 km from Smara, to the east of the Moroccan Wall, and in the Polisario Front-held part of Western Sahara close to the Mauritanian border. The town has a dispensary, a school, and a mosque and is the head of the 4th military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Infrastructure

During late June 2012, the Sahrawi minister of Construction and Urbanization of the Liberated Territories visited the town to supervise the family farms project and the construction of a school, opened in 2013.[2] [3]

Politics

On June 17, 2007, the Polisario Front celebrated here the 37th anniversary of the Sahrawi uprising in 1970, the Zemla Intifada.[4]

Culture

In August 2008, Mheiriz hosted the III edition of the Summer University, for the Sahrawi students abroad. The students visited the historical archaeological sites in the region and profited from many conferences and lectures on different themes, such as religion, culture and security, in addition to other activities such as film projections and expositions.[5]

Twin towns - Sister cities

Notes and References

  1. News: Allocating seats for the liberated territories in Parliament will be considered in the next election (Official) . . 2012-02-20 . 2012-07-02 . 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. 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 . 2012-07-01 . 2012-07-02 .
  3. News: Academic year 2012-2013 officially kicks off. SPS. 2012-09-16. 2013-03-10. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150119154706/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/content/academic-year-2012-2013-officially-kicks. 2015-01-19.
  4. News: POLISARIO Front will participate "with good faith" to the negotiations of Manhasset, the Saharawi President affirms. . SPS . 2007-06-17 . 2010-09-14 .
  5. News: Opening of the Summer University in the liberated territory of Mheiriz . . 2008-08-15 . 2010-09-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081025015959/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/detail.php?id=2310 . 2008-10-25 .
  6. Web site: Aytº de Berantevilla (Álava). https://archive.today/20130414204002/http://www.euskalfondoa.org/sahara/ayuntamiento.php?id=es&Nayunta=1146739634. dead. April 14, 2013. Euskal Fondoa. 2013-02-14. es.
  7. Web site: Aytº de Carranza (Bizkaia). https://web.archive.org/web/20140728094518/http://www.euskalfondoa.org/sahara/ayuntamiento.php?id=es&Nayunta=1119362284. dead. 2014-07-28. Euskal Fondoa. 2013-02-14. es.
  8. http://www.consiglio.regione.toscana.it/aiccre/documenti/GEMELLAGGI_in_ordine_ALFABETICO.xls Gemellaggi e Patti di Amicizia
  9. Web site: Aytº de Lezama (Bizkaia). https://archive.today/20130414175221/http://www.euskalfondoa.org/sahara/ayuntamiento.php?id=es&Nayunta=1119362245. dead. April 14, 2013. Euskal Fondoa. 2013-02-14. es.
  10. Web site: Aytº de Markina (Bizkaia). https://archive.today/20130414231715/http://www.euskalfondoa.org/sahara/ayuntamiento.php?id=es&Nayunta=1119362309. dead. April 14, 2013. Euskal Fondoa. 2013-02-14. es.
  11. http://www.lefrig.org/?cont=gloobal&acc=ficha&entidad=Museables&id=409 Convenio de Hermanamiento entre el Ayuntamiento de Soria y la daira de Mheiriz. Soria. 2008.