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Also known as Meheriz

Meharrize (also transliterated Mheiriz, Mehaires; Arabic: محيرس) is an oasis located in Western Sahara. It is situated between Tifariti and Amgala, 93 km from Smara, to the east of the Moroccan Wall, and in the Polisario Front-held part of Western Sahara close to the Mauritanian border.

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Place details

Locality
امهيريز Meharrize
Region
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ-ⵙⴰⵇⵢⴰ ⵍⵃⴰⵎⵔⴰ العيون الساقية الحمراء
Country
República Árabe Saharaui Democrática الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية
Population
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Meharrize (also transliterated Mheiriz, Mehaires; Arabic: محيرس) is an oasis located in Western Sahara. It is situated between Tifariti and Amgala, 93 km from Smara, to the east of the Moroccan Wall, and in the Polisario Front-held part of Western Sahara close to the Mauritanian border.

The town has a dispensary, a school, and a mosque and is the head of the 4th military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

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

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