a village in Western Sahara, Mauritania and nearby located on the line of fortification (Moroccan Wall) built by the Moroccan army to fight against the Polisario Front.
It takes its name from the presence of a particularly picturesque guelta.
History: The village became Moroccan April 19, 1976, when it was controlled by the Moroccan armed forces. In March 1981, Guelta Zemmour Commander of the Polisario Lahbib Ayoub (or Lahbib Sid'Ahmed Aouba Lahbib) shot down a C-130, two bombers and a helicopter F5 of the Moroccan army, thanks to Sam-6 missiles supplied by Algeria. In retaliation, the Moroccan air force bombed Boulanouar and pushed the Polisario to Mauritania and Algeria.
Personalities: Daddach Sidi Mohamed, the oldest political prisoner in Morocco, was born there in 1957. Having joined the Polisario in 1973, he was taken prisoner in 1976. Forcibly recruited into the Moroccan gendarmerie, a deserter, he was sentenced to death and held captive since 1980 with other Sahrawi independence.
source: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelta_Zemmour
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