| Bou Craa Bu Craa |
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| Country | Morocco |
| Claimed by | Western Sahara |
| Region | Saguia el-Hamra |
Bou Craa (Bo Craa, Bu Craa, Boukra) is a town in the Saguia el-Hamra region of northern Western Sahara, south and slightly east of the city of El Aaiún. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa Western Sahara ( Arabic: الصحراء الغربية; transliterated: as-Ṣaḥrā' al-Gharbīyah; Sahara Occidental is a territory Saguia el-Hamra, in Arabic الساقية الحمراء al-Saqiyah al-Hamra'a ("Red Canal" is with Río de Oro, one of the two territories Saguia el-Hamra, in Arabic الساقية الحمراء al-Saqiyah al-Hamra'a ("Red Canal" is with Río de Oro, one of the two territories Western Sahara ( Arabic: الصحراء الغربية; transliterated: as-Ṣaḥrā' al-Gharbīyah; Sahara Occidental is a territory El-Aaiún (also transliterated "Laâyoune" or "El Ayun"( Arabic: العيون transliterated al-`ayūn) is a city in It is inhabited almost entirely by employees of the Moroccan-controlled Bou Craa phosphate industry. Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa A phosphate, an Inorganic chemical, is a salt of Phosphoric acid. During the Spanish colonization of the area (see Spanish Sahara) time, many early recruits of the nationalist movements Harakat Tahrir and Front Polisario were Sahrawi workers in the phosphate mines. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. See Colony and Colonization for examples of colonialism which do not refer to Western colonialism Spanish Sahara was the name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it was ruled as a territory by Spain between 1884 and 1975 The term nationalism can refer to an Ideology, a sentiment, a form of Culture, or a Social movement that focuses on the Nation The Movement for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro, sometimes referred to as the Movement for the Liberation of the Sahara or simply the Liberation Movement The Polisario, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of Frente Po pular de Li beración de Sa
The phosphates are transported to the coast by an automated conveyor belt, the longest such belt in the world. A belt conveyor consists of two or more Pulleys with a continuous loop of material - the conveyor belt - that rotates about them This transportation system was vandalized and disabled several times by the Front Polisario, during the war between the Moroccan Royal Army and the Polisario Front from 1976. The Polisario, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of Frente Po pular de Li beración de Sa Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. These attacks gradually ceased after the town was enclosed in the early 1980s by the Moroccan Wall, and the town is presently under Moroccan control.
Satellite images
- Low resolution view of the conveyor belt to the port at Laayoune-Plage. Google Maps (for a time named Google Local) is a free Web mapping service application and technology provided by Google that powers many map-based services Its location can be seen from the line of windswept sand accumulating on its south-western side.
- The mines and tailings
- the start of the conveyor belt at the mine
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