Agti el Ghazi
أغتي الغازي
Village
Agti el Ghazi is located in Western Sahara
Agti el Ghazi
Agti el Ghazi
Coordinates: 26°23′02″N 14°12′10″W / 26.3839°N 14.2027°W / 26.3839; -14.2027
Non-self-governing territoryWestern Sahara
Claimed by Kingdom of Morocco
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Controlled by Kingdom of Morocco
RegionLaâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
ProvinceBoujdour Province
Rural communeLemseid

Agti el Ghazi (Arabic: أغتي الغازي) is a fishing village in the Western Sahara.

Location

Agti el Ghazi is on the Atlantic coast in Boujdour Province of the Western Sahara.[1] The village is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from National Road No. 1, in the section that links the cities of Boujdour and Laayoune, 46 kilometres (29 mi) northeast of Boujdour. It belongs to the Lemseid commune in the Boujdour province of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region.

Origins

The village of Agti el Ghazi was established in 2005 as part of a development program of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, aimed at establishing fishermen's villages and equipped ports along the Moroccan coast, in order to strengthen the marine fishing sector and revive traditional fishing.[2] It is one of four fishing villages in the Boujdour province, the others being Lacraa, Aftissat (أفتيسات) and Port Boujdour (مٌناء بوجدور).[3]

Facilities and infrastructure

Avtisat has one fish market, 10 stores for fish trading and 100 stores for sailors, as well as a box store, a gasoline store and an engine repair workshop.[3] The village has 635 boats for traditional fishing.[2]

Notes

    1. ↑ Node: Agti El Ghazi (2801310265).
    2. 1 2 Provinces du Sud Le programme...
    3. 1 2 Annuaire Statistique Regional, p. 92.

    Sources

    • Annuaire Statistique Regional Laayoune - Sakia el Hamra (in French), Rotaume de Maric Haut-Commissariat au Plan, 2015, retrieved 2021-10-22
    • "Node: Agti El Ghazi (2801310265)", OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2021-10-23
    • "Provinces du Sud Le programme villages de pêche bien avancé", L'Économiste (3472), 23 February 2011, retrieved 2021-10-22
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