Bir Lehlou (also transliterated Bir Lahlou, Bir Lehlu, Arabic: بير لحلو) is an oasis town in north-eastern Western Sahara, near the Mauritanian border and east of the border wall, in POLISARIO-held territory. It has a dispensary, a school and a mosque. It is the head of the 5th military region of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. It is also the name of a Daïra of the Wilaya of Smara, in the Sahrawi refugee camps.
The name "Bir Lehlou" is transcribed from Arabic, and means "the sweet water well". The Arabic transcription would be "bir lahlu" (بير لحلو).
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