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Bu Craa is a town located in Western Sahara. With a population of 2,519, it is an important destination in Africa.
On a road trip, Bu Craa sits in Western Sahara. It's in the Africa/El Aaiun time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Bu Craa to your route.
Bou Craa (also transliterated as Bo Craa, Bu Craa or Boukra) (Arabic: بوكراع, Berber: ⴱⵓⴽⵔⴰⵄ, Spanish: Bucraa) is a town in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, southeast of the main city of El Aaiún. It is inhabited almost exclusively by employees of phosphate company Phosboucraa, a subsidiary of Morocco's OCP Group.Read more
Historically located in the Saguia el-Hamra region, Bou Craa is the site of a phosphate deposit of over 1.7 billion tons. Mining operations by Phosboucraa started in 1972. During the Spanish colonization of the area (see Spanish Sahara), many early recruits of Sahrawi nationalist movements such as the Movement for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab and Polisario Front were workers in the phosphate mines.
The town became part of the Moroccan-occupied zone in the April 1976 partition resulting from the Madrid Accords. It has remained in Moroccan hands, though mining was paused in 1976 as a result of Polisario guerilla attacks. During the Western Sahara War, the Polisario sabotaged and disabled this transportation system several times. These attacks gradually ceased in the early 1980s when the town become enclosed by the Moroccan Wall, which consolidated Moroccan occupation over the north-western part of Western Sahara (the so-called "Useful Triangle"). Mining resumed on a reduced scale in July 1982.
Today, the mine produces around 3 million tonnes annually, which represents 10% of Morocco's total production. The phosphates are transported to the coast by an automated conveyor belt. Approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) long, the belt is the longest in the world and dust blown from it is visible from space.
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Bu Craa is located in Western Sahara, Africa. The coordinates are 26.3539 latitude, -12.7839 longitude.
Bu Craa has a population of approximately 2,519 people, making it a town in Western Sahara.
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