Bir Lehlou

26.35 - 9.5666666666667Koordinaten: 26 ° 21 ' N, 9 ° 34 ' W

Bir Lehlu is a small town in the northeast of the Western Sahara and east of the sand ramparts built by Morocco, ie within the " liberated areas " of the independence movement Polisario as designated parts.

He is regarded as " provisional capital " of the Polisario proclaimed by the State Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), as long as laid down in the Constitution of the DARS capital El Aaiun remains under Moroccan control. It is also the place leaving from which El- Sayyid Mustafa Uali in a radio broadcast on February 27 of 1976, following a decision of the Provisional Saharawi National Council Consejo Nacional Provisional Sahrawi the Declaration of Independence. Furthermore, here are the short and medium wave station Voz del Sáhara, of the National Radio of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic. According to some sources Bir Lehlu is also the birthplace of today's national hero El- Uali, but this are hardly evidence before.

The term " Bir Lehlu " is a transliteration of the word in the local dialect of Arabic and Hassaniya means "beautiful spring". In the high- Arab city البئر الحلو, DMG al -bi ʾ r al - ḥulw would mean.

Twinning

Bir Lehlu maintains partnerships with the following cities:

• Prato, Italy, Province of Prato
• Monteroni d' Arbia, Italy, Province of Siena
• Montemurlo, Italy, Prato province
• Campi Bisenzio, Italy, Province of Florence
• San Piero a Sieve, Italy, Province of Florence
• Capraia e Limite, Italy, Province of Florence
• Montevarchi, Italy, Arezzo Province

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• Commons: Bir Lehlu - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Place in Western Sahara