El-Aaiún (Hassaniya Arabic: لعيون, Laʕyūn ; `Laâyoune`; Berber: Leɛyun; Literary Arabic: العيون al-ʿuyūn, lit. `The Springs`) is a city in the Morocco-controlled part of Western Sahara. The modern city is thought to be founded by the Spanish colonizer Antonio de Oro in 1938. In 1940, Spain designated it as the capital of th...
town, capital of Western Sahara from 1940 to 1976 (when Western Sahara was a northwest African overseas province of Spain) and capital since 1976 of ...
Arabic name of Laâyoune
a city in and the capital of Western Sahara. 28,010.