What is La Güera?
{{Infobox settlement |official_name = La Güera |native_name = ⵜⴰⴳⵡⵉⵔⵜ<br /> الكويرة |settlement_type = Ghost town |image_skyline = Laguera view.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = La Güera ruins viewed from Mauritania, January 2003 |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Western Sahara |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = 300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Western Sahara |subdivision_type = Claimed by |subdivision_name = [[Kingdom of Morocco]]<br/>[[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] |subdivision_type2 = Controlled by |subdivision_name2 = [[Islamic Republic of Mauritania]] |established_title = Founded |established_date = 30 November 1920 |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_urban_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of= |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_urban = |population_metro = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_density_km2 = |timezone = GMT |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates={{coord|20|50||N|17|5||W|region:EH|display=title}} |elevation_footnotes= |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }} '''La Güera''' (also known as '''Tagwirt''', '''Lagouira''', or '''El Gouera''') (Berber: ⵜⴰⴳⵡⵉⵔⵜ, Arabic: الكويرة) is a [[ghost town]] on the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast at the southern tip of [[Western Sahara]]. It is on the western side of the [[Ras Nouadhibou]] [[peninsula]]. The ghost town is {{convert|15|km}} west of [[Nouadhibou]]. It is also the name of a [[Districts of Western Sahara|daira]] at the [[Sahrawi refugee camps]] in south-western [[Algeria]]. The name comes from the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word ''{{lang|es|Agüera}}'' which is a [[ditch]] which carries rainwater to the [[crop]]s. By 2002, it had been abandoned and parts of it had been covered by [[sand]]. At the time,