Bir Lehlou (also transliterated Bir Lahlou, Bir Lehlu Arabic: بئر الحلو) 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.
The name "Bir Lehlou" is transcribed from Maghrebi Arabic, and means "the sweet (meaning palatable or non-salty) water well". The Modern Standard Arabic transcription would be "bir al Halou" (بئر الحلو)
^"Allocating seats for the liberated territories in Parliament will be considered in the next election (Official)". Sahara Press Service. 2012-02-20. Archived from the original on 2014-09-12.
^Tolosa renueva su hermanamiento con el municipio saharaui de Bir Lehlu Noticias de Gipuzkoa, 8 January 2011 (in Spanish)
BirLehlou (also transliterated Bir Lahlou, Bir Lehlu Arabic: بئر الحلو) is an oasis town in north-eastern Western Sahara, 236 km from Smara, near the...
in a ceremony in Laayoune. The day after, the Polisario proclaimed in BirLehlou the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as a government in exile....
The SADR was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on 27 February 1976, in BirLehlou, Western Sahara. The SADR government calls the territories under its control...
as the defense minister of the first government of SADR, proclaimed in BirLehlou on 27 February. He remained in that post until 1989 when he was chosen...
whose troops also patrol the area have proclaimed a village in the area, BirLehlou and Tifariti, as SADR's former and actual temporary factual capitals....
The SADR was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on February 27, 1976, in BirLehlou, Western Sahara. The SADR government controls about 20-25% of the territory...
Sahara, near the Algerian border, some 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of BirLehlou. Mahbes' partner municipalities are the Spanish city of Noia and the Italian...
(Polisario Front), which is an independence movement based in Tifariti and BirLehlou. The Annexation of Western Sahara by Morocco took place in two stages...
territory. Tifariti is the current temporary capital of the SADR (formerly BirLehlou). Some government and military structures reside in exile in Tindouf,...
second wave of attacks by the Moroccan forces took part on Tifariti, BirLehlou, Mijek and Agwanit. While Polisario Front sources defined the attacks...
Arab Democratic Republic since the government moved there in 2008 from BirLehlou. It is the headquarters of the 2nd military region of the SADR. It is...
Italy L'Hôpital, France Rovinj, Croatia Überherrn, Germany Campi Bisenzio BirLehlou, Western Sahara North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Orly, France...
Vaux-le-Pénil, France Noia Estarreja, Portugal Al Mahbes, Western Sahara Novelda BirLehlou, Western Sahara Camagüey, Cuba Olesa de Montserrat Nonantola, Italy Weingarten...
located in Mahbes, Smara, Umm Dreiga and Auserd. The eastern camps include BirLehlou, Tifariti, Mehaires, Mijek, and Agwanit. There is also a liaison office...
Democratic Republic has a declared temporary capital in Tifariti (previously BirLehlou), in contrast to its de jure capital of Laâyoune, which is controlled...
Marrakesh in the year 2050 would most closely resemble the current climate of BirLehlou in Western Sahara. The annual temperature would increase by 2.9 °C (5...
Zipoli, composer Prato is twinned with: Albemarle County, U.S., since 1977 BirLehlou, Western Sahara, since 1985 Changzhou, China, since 1987 Ebensee am Traunsee...
Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic BirLehlou Declaration February 27, 1976 Spanish Sahara Polisario Front Madagascar...
credentials to Sahrawi President in Liberated Territories of the SADR (in BirLehlou or Tifariti). In May 2018, delegations represented by the ambassadors...
Morocco Amgala أمكالة Included in Awserd North East Sahrawi Republic Bir Lehlou بير لحلو North East Sahrawi Republic Tifariti تيفاريتي (near 3,000 by late...
Plainfaing, France Entebbe Ashkelon, Israel Kalmar, Sweden Wuhan, China BirLehlou Campi Bisenzio, Italy Montevarchi, Italy Novelda, Spain Pozuelo de Alarcón...
Uganda. Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (from 27 February 1976) Capital: BirLehlou (official), Rabouni (seat of government-in-exile), El Aaiún (claimed)...
Campi Bisenzio is twinned with: Coatbridge, Scotland, United Kingdom BirLehlou, Western Sahara "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9...
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