Dakhla

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.