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el ayoune (dest)
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El-ayoune el Ayoune was the main Spanish settlement in area called 'Saguiet al Hamra'. This region was mainly inhabited by nomads. The capital of these nomads was Smara, also in the Saguiet. It was founded by the leader of the resistance against the Spanish and French occupation of the Western Sahara, Sheikh Ma al-Aynayn. After the departure of the Spanish the Moroccans starting developing the town.
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