Dakhla

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Dakhla

Total population

165,463

Coordinates23.69°, -15.94°

Demographic figures from HCP Morocco. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Dakhla is a city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, and has been occupied by Morocco since 1976. It is the capital of the claimed Moroccan administrative region Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab. It has a population of 161,723 and is on a narrow peninsula of the Atlantic Coast, the Río de Oro Peninsula, about 550 km (340 mi) south of Laayoune.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

B

Brahim Houssein Moussa

Moroccan diplomat

Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun

Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

F

Francisco Estévez

Spanish composer

Khadijetou El Mokhtar

Sahrawi politician and activist (* 1959)

M

Mónica Fernández-Aceytuno

Spanish biologist and writer (* 1961)

Bujari Ahmed

Saharawi diplomat (1952-2018)

M

Mohamed Bambari

S

Suilem Uld Ahmed Brahim Uld Abdel Lahe

Spanish politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab

• Lassa Vendou
  1124.2 mi away
• Feto Kabaradje
  1136.9 mi away
• Timaskadie
  1138.9 mi away
• Oualikinde
  1139.8 mi away
• Danmba
  1144.6 mi away
• Oulanga
  1148.8 mi away
• Ouaire Gakinde
  1162 mi away
• Gountoure Gnégné
  1164.3 mi away
• Tidyala
  1164.8 mi away
• Yalanga
  1169.4 mi away
• Seno Diaounguel
  1173.7 mi away
• Bamguel Kobi
  1177.4 mi away

Browse all places in Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Seen 2026-09-07

mesquite

Neltuma juliflora

Seen 2026-08-21

Mediterranean Brocade

Spodoptera littoralis

Seen 2026-04-05

Money Bush

Senna bicapsularis

Seen 2026-03-06

Mol-albina

Launaea arborescens

Seen 2026-03-06

Audouin's Gull

Ichthyaetus audouinii

Seen 2026-03-06

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

Seen 2026-03-06

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

Seen 2026-03-06

African Grass Blue

Zizeeria knysna

Seen 2026-02-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).