Guerguerat

Guerguerat () is a small village in the far south west of Western Sahara, currently occupied by Morocco. Guerguerat is approximately from the border with Mauritania and from the Atlantic Ocean.

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Place details

Locality: Bir Gandouz ⴱⵉⵔ ⴳⴰⵏⴷⵓⵣ بئر كندوز
Region: Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab ⴷⴰⵅⵍⴰ-ⵡⴰⴷ ⴷⴰⵀⴰⴱ الداخلة-وادي الذهب
Country: Maroc ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ المغرب
Population: 0

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Guerguerat
Settlement.native_name: الكركرات
Settlement.subdivision_type: Territory
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Controlled by
Settlement.subdivision_name: Western Sahara
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Claimed by
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Settlement.pushpin_map: Western Sahara
Settlement.elevation_m: 20
Settlement.population_as_of: 2004
Settlement.population_total: 28
Settlement.area_total_km2: 105.73
Settlement.area_total_sq_mi: 40.82
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_density_sq_mi: auto
Settlement.image_skyline: Guerguerat border crossing.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Border crossing in Guerguerat

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: disputed territory
Part of: Western Sahara
Official name: الكركرات
Country: Western Sahara
Located in: La Güera
Population: 28
Elevation: 20
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Image: Guerguerat border crossing.jpg

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territory claimed by: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
native label: گريگرات
Commons category: Guerguerat
Köppen climate classification: desert climate

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Guerguerat () is a small village in the far south west of Western Sahara, currently occupied by Morocco. Guerguerat is approximately from the border with Mauritania and from the Atlantic Ocean.

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guerguerat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.