The following are cities in Western Sahara, listed by population. Due to an ongoing conflict over the territory, the majority is controlled by Morocco , and the eastern and southern portions are controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).

Important cities located in the Sahara include Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania; Tamanrasset, Ouargla, Béchar, Hassi Messaoud, Ghardaïa, and El Oued in Algeria; Timbuktu in Mali; Agadez in Niger; Ghat in Libya; and Faya-Largeau in Chad.

2025年2月10日 · Sahara, largest desert in the world. Filling nearly all of northern Africa, it measures approximately 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from east to west and between 800 to 1,200 miles from north to south and has a total area of some 3,320,000 square miles (8,600,000 square km).

2018年1月16日 · These deserts has many cities, oases, wild animals and dunes that you will never want to leave any of it once you are there. In this article we will mention top 10 desert cities in Morocco. 1-Erfoud

2014年12月4日 · The Sahara Desert. A veritable, endless ocean of sand. For many of us, the name “Sahara” conjures up images of oasis towns lined with palm trees rising out of the dunes like some sort of mirage. Well, this is true in some cases, but many oases offer much more.

2025年1月16日 · Cities in the Sahara, ancient gateways to trade and exploration, stand amidst the vast expanse of the world’s largest hot desert. Timbuktu, once a prominent hub of trans-Saharan trade, is famous for its historical mosques and manuscripts.

2021年10月29日 · Map showing the extent of the Sahara Desert in Africa. The Sahara Desert covers vast parts of 11 North African nations including Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Morocco, Western Sahara, Tunisia, Chad, Libya, Mauritania, Niger, and Sudan within its boundaries.

2019年8月20日 · Laayoune is the largest city in Western Sahara with a population of about 217,732 people. Over 40% of the residents of Western Sahara live in Laayoune. Antonio Oro established the city in 1938. Laayoune became the capital of the Spanish Sahara in 1940.

2024年10月21日 · The vast expanses of the Sahara are uninhabited, with sedentary life limited to oasis areas and the valleys of the Nile and Niger rivers. Major and principal cities in the Sahara include Cairo, Khartoum, Nouakchott, and Tripoli.

The Sahara desert is the largest hot desert in the world. The Sahara desert covers 10 different countries — they are Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan, and Tunisia.