Bir Lehlou
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Place details
- Locality
- caïdat de Tifariti قيادة تفاريتي
- Region
- Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ-ⵙⴰⵇⵢⴰ ⵍⵃⴰⵎⵔⴰ العيون الساقية الحمراء
- Country
- República Árabe Saharaui Democrática الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Territory
- Western Sahara
- Claimed by
- Kingdom of Morocco , Sahrawi Republic
- Controlled by
- Sahrawi Republic
- Type
- Municipality
- Mayor
- Abeid Moulud
- Elevation
- 475 m (1,558 ft)
- Climate
- BWh
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality
- Part of
- Free Zone
- Official name
- البئر الحلو
- Country
- Western Sahara
- Official language
- Arabic
- Elevation
- +475
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Bir Lehlu school.jpg
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- P190
- Montemurlo
- P1336
- Morocco
Article
Bir Lehlou (also transliterated Bir Lahlou, Bir Lehlu Arabic: بئر الحلو) is an oasis town in north-eastern Western Sahara, 236 km from Smara, near the Mauritanian border and east of the border wall, in Polisario Front-held territory. It has a pharmacy, a school and a mosque. It is the head of the 5th military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and was the factual temporary capital of SADR until Tifariti became the temporary capital in 2008. It is also the name of a Daïra of the Wilaya of Smara, in the Sahrawi refugee camps.
The name "Bir Lehlou" is transcribed from Maghrebi Arabic, and means "the sweet (meaning palatable or non-salty) water well". The Modern Standard Arabic transcription would be "bir al Halū" (بئر الحلو).