Al Mahbes (Arabic: المحبس) is a town in the UN-monitored buffer zone of Western Sahara,[1][2] near the Algerian border, some 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Bir Lehlou.
Al Mahbes
المحبس | |
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  Al Mahbes Location in Western Sahara  Al Mahbes Al Mahbes (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 27°24′57.6″N 9°3′3.6″W / 27.416000°N 9.051000°W | |
| Territory | Western Sahara |
| Claimed by |  Kingdom of Morocco, Sahrawi Republic |
| Area | |
| • Total | 55.0 km2 (21.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 7,331 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Mahbes' partner municipalities are the Spanish city of Noia and the Italian municipalities of Sesto Fiorentino[3] and San Giovanni Valdarno.
References
edit- ^ "Morocco demands UN, Algerian action on Polisario". France 24. 4 Apr 2018. Retrieved 21 Nov 2021.
- ^ "Morocco demands UN, Algerian action on Polisario". RFI. 4 Apr 2018. Retrieved 21 Nov 2021.
- ^ "I "gemellaggi" di Sesto Fiorentino" [Italian]. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
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