El Marsa, Western Sahara
El Marsa is a port city in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara.
According to the Moroccan authorities, El Marsa belongs to Laayoune Province in the region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra. Its population in 2024 is 28,848, the second-largest in the province and third in the region. It has a seaport on the Atlantic Ocean and therefore is also known as Laayoune Plage. The town also has a hospital.
El Marsa is to the west of El Aaiún, on the N1, Morocco's main highway, which also goes into the Western Sahara, where it is the last settlement south until Boujdour.