Western Sahara
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| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية Al-Jumhūrīyya al-`Arabīyya aṣ-Ṣaḥrāwīyya ad-Dīmuqrātīyya | |||||
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| Motto: حرية ديمقراطية وحدة (Arabic) Liberty, Democracy, Unity | |||||
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| Capital (and largest city) | El Aaiún | ||||
| Official languages | Arabic | ||||
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| Demonym | Sahrawi | ||||
| Government | |||||
| - Type | Nominal republic | ||||
| - President | Mohamed Abdelaziz | ||||
| - Prime Minister | Abdelkader Taleb Oumar | ||||
| Disputed | with Morocco; independent of Spain | ||||
| Independence | November 14, 197514 November 1975 10 Kislev 5736 He 10 Kislev 5979 AM | ||||
| Republic declared | February 27, 197627 February 1976 26 Adar 5736 He 26 Adar 5979 AM | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 266,000 km²266,000,000 dunams 102,703.174 mi² (83rd) | ||||
| - Water | 0.001 %1.0e-3 % | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - 20042004 5764 He 6007 AM estimate | 267,405 | ||||
| - Density | 1.3 km⁻²3.367 mi⁻² (228th) | ||||
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .eh | ||||
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Western Sahara (Arabic: الصحراء الغربية, as-Ṣaḥrā' al-Gharbīyah; Spanish: Sahara Occidental) is a territory of northwestern Africa, bordering Morocco on the north, Algeria on the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. The largest city is El Aaiún (Laâyoune), containing the majority of the population. The legal status of Western Sahara is disputed between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
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Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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- ↑ The capital, like the sovereignty status of this country, is in dispute. El Aaiún is the seat of Moroccan administration, but the country's leaders have established a temporary capital in Bir Lehlou and proposed a provisional seat of government at Tifariti.
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