Fête Oued Eddahab Oued Eddahab Allegiance Day August 14
On August 14th, 1979
Morocco recovered the southern province of Oued Eddahab
(formerly Western Sahara territory of Rio de Oro)
from Spanish occupation. On that day, at
the Riad palace in Rabat, a 360
person-strong delegation, was dispatched by the population
of the region to renew before King Hassan II
the oath of allegiance and their attachment to the Alaouite
throne. The sovereign then delivered a historic speech in
which he vowed to guarantee their defense and security and
endeavor for their well-being.
Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira
is one of the 16th regions of Morocco. It is the most
southerly region bordering Mauretania to
the south and east. The capital is the coastal city
of Dakhla, formerly known as Villa
Cisneros.
Río
de Oro (Spanish for "Gold River",
Arabic: wadi-að-ðahab,
transliterated as Oued Edhahab)
Its name seems to come from an east-west
river which was supposed to have run through it formerly.
The river was thought to have largely dried out - a
wadi, as the name indicates - or have disappeared
underground.
Saguia el-Hamra
(Spanish: Saguia el Hamra, Arabic: al-Saqiyah
al-Hamra'a; literally in Arabic, "Red
Canal"), is, with Río de
Oro, one of the two territories that formed
the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after
1969. Its name comes from a waterway that goes
through the capital.
