covers an area of 140,018 km2 and had a population of 451,028 as of the 2024 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Laâyoune.

Geography

Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra borders the region of Guelmim-Oued Noun to the north and Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab to the south. It shares its eastern border with Mauritania's Tiris Zemmour Region,