- El Aaiún
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official_name = El Aaiún
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image_caption = Downtown view of El Aaiún
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pushpin_map_caption =Location in Western Sahara, Morocco
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subdivision_type1 = Claimed by
subdivision_name =Morocco
subdivision_name1 =Western Sahara andSahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
subdivision_type2 =Region
subdivision_name2 =Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra
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population_total = 188,084
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latd=27|latm=9|lats=13|latNS=N
longd=13|longm=12|longs=12|longEW=W
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footnotes =El-Aaiún (also transliterated "Laâyoune" or "El Ayun")(Arabic: العيون, transliterated al-`ayūn), is a city in
Western Sahara and a former Spanish colony. Occupied byMorocco since 1976 [UN General Assembly Resolution 34/37 and UN General Assembly Resolution 35/19] , El-Aaiún is the capital of the Moroccan region ofLaâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra . It is also claimed by theSahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as their "de jure" capital. The city is located at coord|27|9|13|N|13|12|12|W| (27.153611, -13.203333). [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html]Demographics
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