Dakhla, Morocco

Dakhla, Morocco is a submarine cable landing point in Morocco (coordinates 23.7211°, -15.9344°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Morocco's international connectivity infrastructure.

Dakhla is a city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, currently occupied by Morocco. It is the capital of the claimed Moroccan administrative region Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab. It has a population of 106,277 and is on a narrow peninsula of the Atlantic Coast, the Río de Oro Peninsula, about 550 km (340 mi) south of Laayoune. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Dakhla, Morocco, international traffic can reach 5 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Morocco, Togo. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Dakhla, Morocco in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Maroc Telecom West Africa (2021) — Maroc Telecom West Africa (MTWA) is an 8,600 km submarine cable ready for service in 2021. It connects six cable stations across six countries along Africa's Atlantic coast: Casablanca and Dakhla in Morocco, Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, Lomé in Togo, Cotonou in Benin, and Libreville in Gabon. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.