Meharrize
Mehaires
محيرس Meharrize | |
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Municipality and town | |
| Coordinates: 26°8′50″N 11°4′9″W / 26.14722°N 11.06917°W | |
| Territory | Western Sahara |
| Claimed by | Kingdom of Morocco Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
| Controlled by | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Elevation | 378 m (1,240 ft) |
Meharrize (also transliterated Mheiriz, Mehaires; Arabic: محيرس) is an oasis located in Western Sahara. It is situated between Tifariti and Amgala, 93 km from Smara, to the east of the Moroccan Wall, and in the Polisario Front-held part of Western Sahara close to the Mauritanian border.
The town has a dispensary, a school, and a mosque and is the head of the 4th military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.