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Laayoune (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 27 09 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 27.1500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 013 12 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -13.2000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The capital of the Spanish province of Western Sahara, and since 1976, of the Laayoune province of Morocco, though Morocco's claim is not internationally recognized. |
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| Laayoune (preferred,C,O)
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| La'youn (C,O)
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| El Aaiún (C,V)
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| El Aaiun (C,O)
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| Aaiún, El (C,V)
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| Aaiun (C,O)
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| Aiún (C,O)
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| Aiun (C,O)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| city (C) |
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| capital (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| provincial capital (H) |
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