Al Mahbes

Al Mahbes المحبس
Al Mahbes Location in Western Sahara Show map of Western Sahara Al Mahbes Al Mahbes (Africa) Show map of Africa
Coordinates: 27°24′57.6″N 9°3′3.6″W
Territory	Western Sahara
Claimed by	Kingdom of Morocco, Sahrawi Republic
Area
• Total	55.0 km^2 (21.23 sq mi)
Population  (2004)
• Total	7,331
• Density	130/km^2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

Al Mahbes (Arabic: المحبس) is a town in the UN-monitored buffer zone of Western Sahara,[1][2] near the Algerian border, some 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Bir Lehlou.

Mahbes' partner municipalities are the Spanish city of Noia and the Italian municipalities of Sesto Fiorentino[3] and San Giovanni Valdarno.

References

1. "Morocco demands UN, Algerian action on Polisario". France 24. 4 Apr 2018. Retrieved 21 Nov 2021.
2. "Morocco demands UN, Algerian action on Polisario". RFI. 4 Apr 2018. Retrieved 21 Nov 2021.
3. "I "gemellaggi" di Sesto Fiorentino" [Italian]. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 2021-09-14.