Zug, Western Sahara
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Zug
زوك Zoug | |
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Municipality and town | |
  Zug Location in Western Sahara  Zug Zug (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 21°36′47″N 14°8′50″W / 21.61306°N 14.14722°W | |
| Country | Western Sahara |
| Claimed by |  Kingdom of Morocco, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
| Controlled by | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality[1] |
| • Mayor | Nayem Enna Mahayub[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 47.18 km2 (18.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 212 m (696 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 833 |
| • Density | 17.7/km2 (45.7/sq mi) |
Zug (also transliterated "Zoug", "Sug"; Arabic: زوك) is a municipality located in the far south-east of Western Sahara, 170 km. from Atar, Mauritania. The only erg or sand sea in Western Sahara (known as "Galb Azefal") is located nearby, where it runs from south-west to north-east from Mauritania into Western Sahara and back into Mauritania, where the border forms a right angle.[3] Zug is located in the part of Western Sahara that is controlled by the Polisario Front and by them referred to as the Liberated Territories.[4]
It is the head of the 1st military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and holds a SPLA military outpost and a small hospital.
In June 2009, three friendship associations from Alicante (Spain) had a meeting with Sahrawi ministers, with the intention of building up a hospital in the town.[5] On September, a solidarity concert with Chambao, Oléfunk & Mario Díaz was held in Altea, with the aim to collect money to finance the project.[6] On November, an agreement between POLISARIO representatives and members of the friendship associations to build up the building was signed.[7] In 2011, the construction works had been finished, only lasting the equipment and the medical supplies to open it.
It is the site of a former Spanish Foreign Legion outpost.
