Bir Lehlou
Bir Lehlou is a city in Western Sahara with a population of about 1,000.
Western SaharaSmall town🏆 #23 most populated in Western Sahara🕐 Africa/El_Aaiun
Bir Lehlou is an oasis town in north-eastern Western Sahara, 236 km from Smara, near the Mauritanian border and east of the border wall, in Polisario Front-held territory. It has a pharmacy, a school and a mosque. It is the head of the 5th military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and was the factual temporary capital of SADR until Tifariti became the temporary capital in 2008. It is also the name of a Daïra of the Wilaya of Smara, in the Sahrawi refugee camps.
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About Bir Lehlou
| Country | Western Sahara |
| Continent | Africa |
| Population | 1,000 |
| Local currency | MAD |
| Coordinates | 26.3499, -9.5769 |
| Time zone | Africa/El_Aaiun |
| Elevation | 275 m |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Small town |
| Distance to the capital | 369 km · Laayoune |
| Population (Western Sahara) | #23 most populated in Western Sahara |
| Where on Earth | 26°20′60″N · 9°34′37″W |
| Hemisphere | N · W |
| Distance to the equator | 2,933 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 7,086 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 97% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Buraydah (Saudi Arabia) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -26.35, 170.42 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Paris | 2,707 km |
| London | 2,909 km |
| Cairo | 4,000 km |
| Moscow | 4,982 km |
| New York | 6,045 km |
| Dubai | 6,421 km |