Bir Lehlou
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Bir Lehlou (Arabic: بير لحلو) is a small city in north-eastern Western Sahara, east of the Moroccan wall, in Polisario-held territory.
It is the interim capital of the Sahrawi Republic, as long as the Sahrawi capital of El-Aaiun is under Moroccan control. This is also from where the republic's existence was proclaimed over radio on February 27, 1976, by El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed, after a decision by the Provisionary Sahrawi National Council. Some sources list Bir Lehlou as El-Ouali's birthplace, although this seems far from certain.
The name "Bir Lehlou" is transcribed from dialectal hassaniya Arabic, and means "the beautiful well" or "spring". A standard Arabic transcription would be "bi'r al-hilwa" (بئر الحلوة).