Guelmim-Es Semara

Guelmim-Es Semara كلميم السمارة
Region
Location in Morocco
Coordinates: 28°09′N 10°04′W / 28.150°N 10.067°WCoordinates: 28°09′N 10°04′W / 28.150°N 10.067°W
Country	Morocco  Western Sahara
Created	1997
Abolished	September 2015
Capital	Guelmim
Area
• Total	122,825 km^2 (47,423 sq mi)
Population (2014 census)
• Total	501,921
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	WEST (UTC+1)

Guelmim-Es Semara (Arabic: كلميم السمارة‎‎) was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It covered an area of 122,825 km² and had a population of 501,921 (2014 census).^[1] The regional capital was Guelmim.

Geography

The southern half of Guelmin-Es Semara forms part of the Western Sahara. The region is bordered to the north by Souss-Massa-Drâa and to the west by Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, with the Algerian province of Tindouf to the east. Its disputed territory in the Western Sahara borders the Mauritanian Tiris Zemmour Region. Guelmin-Es Semara has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean, with the Spanish Canary Islands lying off it. The Draa River, at 1,100 km the longest in Morocco, flows into the Ocean near Tan-Tan.

The region was made up of the following provinces:

• Assa-Zag Province
• Es Smara Province
• Guelmim Province
• Tan-Tan Province
• Tata Province

Municipalities by population (2004 census)^[2]

• Guelmin, Guelmim Province: 95,599
• Tan-Tan, Tan-Tan Province: 60,560
• Es Semara, Es Smara Province: 33,910^[3]
• Tata, Tata Province: 15,192
• Bouizakarne, Guelmim Province: 11,982
• Assa, Assa-Zag Province: 11,667
• Foum Zguid, Tata Province: 9,611
• Zag, Assa-Zag Province: 7,751
• El Ouatia, Tan-Tan Province: 6,294
• Akka, Tata Province: 6,312
• Fam El Hisn, Tata Province: 6,183

References

1. "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
2. http://www.hcp.ma/Recensement-general-de-la-population-et-de-l-habitat-2004_a633.html
3. Within the Western Sahara