'Saguia el-Hamra', in
Arabic سقية الحمراء, 'Saqiyat al-Hamra'a' ("Red Canal"), is, with
Río de Oro, one of the two territories that formed the
Spanish province of
Spanish Sahara after
1969. Its name comes from a waterway that goes through the capital.
Occupying the northern part of
Western Sahara, it lies between the 26th parallel and 27º 50'. The city of
Cape Bojador serves to divide the regions. Its capital is
El Aaiún (Laâyoune), and it also includes the city of
Smara.
The area is roughly 51,000 mi.
2 (82,000 km²), making it approximately a third of the entire country.
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