Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It is mainly located in the disputed territory of Western Sahara: the western part of the region is administered by Morocco and the eastern part by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The region as a whole covers an area of 121,219 km² and had a population of 367,758 as of the 2014 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Laâyoune.