El Aaiún
El Aaiun is the biggest city in Western Sahara, located in the northern part of the country. It has a population just over 210,000. It is the claimed capital of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, but the city is controlled by Morocco.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Catholic Church of Saint Francis of Assisi
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral or just Spanish Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church that serves as the cathedral church of the apostolic prefecture of Western Sahara.
Moulay Rachid Stadium
Moulay Rachid Stadium is a multi-use stadium located in Laayoune, Western Sahara.El Aaiún
- Type: City with 196,000 residents
- Description: capital of Western Sahara
- Categories: big city, administrative division, urban commune of Morocco and locality
- Location: Western Sahara, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
27.1545° or 27° 9' 16" northLongitude
-13.1954° or 13° 11' 43" westPopulation
196,000Elevation
68 metres (223 feet)Open Location Code
7CV85R33+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 1888261495OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2462881Wikidata ID
Q47837El Aaiún Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afar: El-Ayun
- Afrikaans: El Aaiún
- Afrikaans: Laayoune
- Afrikaans: Laâyoune
- Arabic: Laayoune
- Arabic: إقليم العيون
- Arabic: العيون
- Arabic: عيون
- Aragonese: L'Aaiún
- Armenian: Էլ Այուն
- Asturian: L'Aaiún
- Avaric: Laayoune
- Azerbaijani: Əl-Əyun
- Azerbaijani: Əl Əyun
- Basque: Aaiun
- Basque: El Aaiún
- Belarusian: Ааюн
- Belarusian: Эль-Аюн
- Bengali: আল-'ঊয়ূন
- Breton: Al Ayun
- Breton: El Aaiún
- Breton: Laâyoune
- Bulgarian: Аюн
- Bulgarian: Ел Аюн
- Catalan: Aaiun
- Catalan: Al-A'yun
- Catalan: Al-Aaiun
- Catalan: Al-Ayun
- Catalan: El Aaiún
- Catalan: El Aiún
- Catalan: L'Aaiun
- Catalan: Laayoune
- Catalan: Laâyoune
- Cebuano: Laâyoune / El Aaiún
- Cebuano: Laâyoune/El Aaiún
- Chinese: Laayoune
- Chinese: 阿尤恩
- Croatian: El Aaiun
- Croatian: El Aaiún
- Czech: Al-Ajún
- Czech: Al-´Ajún
- Czech: Al-’Ajún
- Czech: Laayoune
- Danish: Al-Ayun
- Danish: El Aaiún
- Danish: Laayoune
- Dutch: Al-Aaiun
- Dutch: Al-Ajoen
- Dutch: Al-`ayun
- Dutch: Al-`ayūn
- Dutch: Al Ajoen
- Dutch: El-Aiun
- Dutch: El-Aiún
- Dutch: El Aaiun
- Dutch: El Aaiún
- Dutch: Laayoune
- Dutch: Laâyoune
- Dutch: al-Ajoen
- Egyptian Arabic: العيون
- English: El Aaiun
- English: El Aiun
- English: El Aiún
- English: Laayoune
- English: Laâyoune
- Esperanto: Ajuno
- Esperanto: El Aaiun
- Estonian: El Aaiun
- Estonian: El Aaiún
- Estonian: Laâyoune
- Finnish: El-Aaiún
- Finnish: El Aaiún
- Finnish: El Aiun
- Finnish: Laayoune
- French: ' Laâyoune '
- French: El-Ayoun
- French: El Aaiun
- French: El Aiún
- French: Gdeim Izik
- French: Laayoune
- French: Laâyoune
- French: Lâayoune
- Galician: El Aaiún
- Galician: Laâyoune
- Galician: O Aaiún
- Galician: O Aiún - العيون
- Galician: O Aiún
- Galician: العيون
- Georgian: ელ-აიუნი
- German: Aaiun
- German: Aaiún
- German: Ajun
- German: El Aaiun
- German: El Aaiún
- German: Laayoune
- Greek: Ελ Αγιούν
- Greek: Ελ Αϊούν
- Greek: Λααγιούν
- Gujarati: લાયોન
- Hausa: Laayoune
- Hausa: Laâyoune
- Hebrew: אל עיון
- Hebrew: לעיון
- Hindi: लायूं
- Hungarian: El-Ajún
- Hungarian: Laâyoune
- Icelandic: Laâyoune
- Ido: Laayoune
- Indonesian: El Aaiún
- Indonesian: Laayoune
- Interlingua: Laayoune
- Interlingue: El Aaiún
- Irish: Laayoune
- Italian: Aaiun
- Italian: Aaiún
- Italian: Al-Aaiun
- Italian: El Aaiun
- Italian: El Aaiún
- Italian: El Aayun
- Italian: El Ayun
- Italian: Laayoune
- Italian: Laâyoune
- Japanese: アイウン
- Japanese: ラユーン
- Japanese: ラーユーン
- Kannada: ಲಾಯೌನೆ
- Kara-Kalpak: El-Ayun
- Kazakh: Эль-Аюн қаласы
- Kirghiz: Эль-Аюн
- Korean: 엘아윤
- Korean: 엘아이운
- Kotava: Laayoune
- Ladino: El Aaaiun
- Ladino: El Aaiun
- Latvian: Ajūna
- Latvian: Al Ajūna
- Latvian: El Ajūna
- Latvian: La Ajūna
- Latvian: Lājūna
- Ligurian: El Aayùn
- Lithuanian: Ajunas
- Lithuanian: Ajūnas
- Lithuanian: Al Ajunas
- Lombard: El Ayun
- Macedonian: Ајун
- Macedonian: Ел Ајун
- Macedonian: ел-Ајун
- Malagasy: El Aaiún
- Malay: El Aaiún
- Malayalam: ലയ്യൂൺ
- Marathi: लायौन
- Mazanderani: العیون
- Min Dong Chinese: Laayoune
- Min Nan Chinese: Laayoune
- Moroccan Arabic: العيون
- Moroccan Arabic: لعيون
- Northern Frisian: El Aaiún
- Norwegian: El Aaiún
- Norwegian Bokmål: Aaiun
- Norwegian Bokmål: Aaiún
- Norwegian Bokmål: Aiún
- Norwegian Bokmål: El-Aaiun
- Norwegian Bokmål: El Aaiún
- Norwegian Bokmål: Laayoune
- Norwegian Bokmål: Layonn
- Norwegian Bokmål: Layoun
- Norwegian Bokmål: Laâyoune
- Norwegian Nynorsk: El Aaiún
- Novial: El Aijun
- Persian: العیون
- Piemontese: El Ayun
- Polish: Al-Ajun
- Polish: Al-Ujun
- Portuguese: Al-Aaiun
- Portuguese: Al Aaiun
- Portuguese: El-Aaiun
- Portuguese: El-Aaiún
- Portuguese: El-Ayoun
- Portuguese: El Aaiún
- Portuguese: El Aiune
- Portuguese: El Ayun
- Portuguese: El aaiun
- Portuguese: El aiún
- Portuguese: Laayoune
- Portuguese: Laâyoune
- Romanian: El Aaiun
- Romanian: El Aaiún
- Romanian: Laayoune
- Russian: Ааюн
- Russian: Эль-Айюн
- Russian: Эль-Аюн
- Russian: Эль Аюн
- Sardinian: El Aaiún
- Scots: El Aaiún
- Scottish Gaelic: El Aaiún
- Serbian: Ел Ајун
- Serbian: عيون
- Serbo-Croatian: El Aaiún
- Serbo-Croatian: Lɛyun
- Sinhala: , එල් අයිඋන්
- Slovak: Al-Aajún
- Slovak: El-Aaiún
- Slovak: Laâyoune
- Slovenian: El Aaiún
- Slovenian: Laayoune
- South Azerbaijani: العیون
- Spanish: Aaiun
- Spanish: Aaiún
- Spanish: El Aaiun
- Spanish: El Aaiún
- Spanish: El Aiun
- Spanish: El Aiún
- Spanish: El Ayoune
- Spanish: L'Ayoune
- Spanish: Laayoune
- Spanish: Laâyoune
- Spanish: العيون
- Swahili: El Aaiun
- Swahili: El Aaiún
- Swedish: Aaiun
- Swedish: Aaiún
- Swedish: Al-'Ayun
- Swedish: Al-'Uyūn
- Swedish: Al-Aaiun
- Swedish: Al-Ayun
- Swedish: Al-Ujun
- Swedish: Al-Uyun
- Swedish: Al Ayun
- Swedish: El-Aaiun
- Swedish: El-Aaiún
- Swedish: El-Aiun
- Swedish: El Aaiun
- Swedish: El Aaiún
- Swedish: Laayoune
- Swedish: Laâyoune
- Swedish: al-Ayun
- Tachelhit: Lɛyun
- Tamil: அல்-உயூன்
- Tatar: Әл-Гаюн
- Telugu: లాయూన్
- Thai: El Aaiún
- Thai: เอลอายุน
- Thai: เอลอาอายุน
- Turkish: Laayoune
- Turkish: Layun
- Ukrainian: Ааюн
- Ukrainian: Ель-Аюн
- Urdu: العیون
- Uzbek: Aayyun
- Venetian: El Ayun
- Vietnamese: El Aaiun
- Vietnamese: El Aaiún
- Vietnamese: Laayoune
- Waray (Philippines): El Aaiun
- Waray (Philippines): El Aaiún
- Welsh: El Aaiun
- Welsh: El Aaiún
- Welsh: El Ayun
- Western Frisian: El-Ajûn
- Western Mari: Эль-Аюн
- Western Panjabi: العيون
- Wu Chinese: 阿尤恩
- Yue Chinese: 阿尤恩
- Aaium
- Aiun
- Al Ayoun
- Ejbei Uad el Aabd
- El Aium
- La’Youn
- Ел-Ајун
- आईउन
Other Places Named El Aaiún
In the Area
- Laâyoune Souk JemalSuburb
- AlaoudaNeighbourhood
- Foum El OuedVillage, 20 km west
- DcheiraVillage, 20 km southeast
- El MarsaTown, 22 km west
- Plage de LaâyouneQuarter, 23 km west
Popular Destinations in Western Sahara
Escape to a Random Place
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