Guelmim-Es Semara

Guelmim-Es Semara كلميم السمارة
—  Region  —
Location in Morocco
Coordinates: 28°09′N 10°04′W
Country	Morocco Western Sahara
Capital	Guelmim
Government
• Wali	Abdellah Amimi
Area
• Total	122,825 km2 (47,423 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	462,410
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	WEST (UTC+1)

Guelmim-Es Semara (Arabic: كلميم السمارة‎) is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 122,825 km² and has a population of 462,410 (2004 census).

Geography

The southern half of Guelmin-Es Semara forms part of the Western Sahara. The regional capital is Guelmim. 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 is made up of the following provinces:

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

Municipalities by population (2004 census)

Guelmim is the capital of the Guelmim-Es Semara Region, and also its largest city. In 2004 its population was recorded as 95,599.

• Guelmin, Guelmim Province: 95,599
• Tan-Tan, Tan-Tan Province: 60,560
• Es Semara, Es Smara Province: 33,910
• 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