Al Mahbes
Al Mahbes
المحبس | |
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| Coordinates: 27°24′57.6″N 9°3′3.6″W / 27.416000°N 9.051000°W | |
| Territory | Western Sahara |
| Claimed by | Kingdom of Morocco, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
| Area | |
• Total | 55.0 km2 (21.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 7,331 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (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, 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 and San Giovanni Valdarno.