Agounit
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Agounit (also transliterated: Aghouinite, Aghounit, Aghoueinit, Agueinit, Agwenit, Agwanit, Agüenit, Aguanit; Arabic: أغوانيت) is a small town or village in the Río de Oro area of the disputed territory of Western Sahara. It is situated in the Polisario Front-held Free Zone of Western Sahara, under the jurisdiction of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, and near the Mauritanian border, 72 km. south-west from Fderik. It has a hospital, a school and a mosque. It is the head of the 7th military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Infrastructure
On June 7, 2006, and during the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the "Day of the Martyr" (commemorating the death in combat of El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed, first president of the SADR), Mohamed Abdelaziz (president of the SADR) inaugurated a hospital (built up with help from the Basque country government), a desalination centre (built with the help of Andalusia government), a school and the Mayoralty of Agwenit.[1]
Politics
In May 2000, the Polisario Front celebrated the 27th anniversary of the beginning of their armed struggle with a military parade in Agounit.[2]
In June 2006 (during the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the "Day of the Martyr") the town was the host of the annual conference of the Sahrawi communities abroad (Sahrawi diaspora).[3]
International relations
Twin towns and sister cities
Agounit is twinned with:
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- Template:Flagicon Amurrio, Álava, Basque Country, Spain[4]
- Template:Flagicon Busturia, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain[5]
- Template:Flagicon Campiglia Marittima, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy[6]
- Template:Flagicon Gatika, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain[7]
- Template:Flagicon Lapuebla de Labarca, Álava, Basque Country, Spain[8]
- Template:Flagicon Mallabia, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain[9]
- Template:Flagicon Motril, Granada, Andalucía, Spain
- Template:Flagicon Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy[10]
- Template:Flagicon Ponsacco, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy[6]
- Template:Flagicon Portoferraio, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy (since November 8, 2004)[6][11]
- Template:Flagicon Puçol, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain (since September 1, 2002)
- Template:Flagicon Quarrata, Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy[6]
- Template:Flagicon Rignano sull'Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy[6]
- Template:Flagicon Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain (since 1995)[12]
References
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- ↑ Solidarietà per il Popolo Saharawi Template:Webarchive Comune.poggio-a-caiano.po.it Template:In lang
- ↑ PATTO DI AMICIZIA CON LA TENDOPOLI DI AGUENIT NELLA REPUBBLICA ARABA DEMOCRATICA SAHARAWI Template:Webarchive Comune.portoferraio.li.it, 2 August 2004 Template:In lang
- ↑ Amigos del Pueblo Saharaui Template:Webarchive Trescantos.es Template:In lang
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