Laâyoune Province
Introduction Water reservoir at the Seguiet-el-Hamra River'''Laâyoune''' () is a delineated province in the north-west of Moroccan economic region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, which is situated within the northern part of the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Its population in 2004 was 210,023 (when it still included the population of the new Tarfaya Province, created in 2009). In today's limits of the province the population was 199,603.Its main town is Laayoune.
Subdivisions The province is divided administratively into the following: Name  Geographic code  Type  Households  Population (2004)  Foreign population  Moroccan population  Notes El Marsa  321.01.01.Municipality  2850  10229  11  10218   Laayoune  321.01.03.Municipality  37545  183691  477  183214   Bou Craa  321.03.01.Rural commune  505  2519  0  2519   Dcheira  321.03.03.Rural commune  313  1745  1  1744   Foum El Oued  321.03.05.Rural commune  325  1419  14  1405  Since 2009, the following communes have been separated into the Tarfaya Province: The municipality of Tarfaya, and the rural communes of El Hagounia, Akhfenir, Daoura, and Tah.
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