Western Sahara

V・T・E Western Sahara, Africa

latitude: 25.01, longitude: -12.13

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Western Sahara is a disputed territory in Africa at latitude 25°00′36.00″ North, longitude 12°07′48.00″ West.

Description

Western Sahara (Arabic: الصحراء الغربية; transliterated: as-Ṣaḥrā' al-Gharbīyah; Spanish: Sahara Occidental) is a territory of North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria in the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. Its surface area amounts to 266,000 km2. It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands. The largest city is El Aaiún (Laâyoune), which is home to over half of the population of the territory, the whole estimated at just over 500,000.

Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories since the 1960s when it was a Spanish colony. The Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front independence movement (and government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic or SADR) dispute control of the territory.

Source Wikipedia

Community resources

• OSM Western Sahara Facebook page

Maps

• El Aaiún (El Aaiún)
• La Güera - Lagouira (Aousserd)
• Bojador - Boujdour (Bojador)
• Es Semara (Es Semara)
• Dakhla (Oued Ed-Dahab)
• Assa (Assa-Zag)

List of refugees camp

In Tindouf province there are five refugees camps with more than 90.000 people

• • El Aaiún refugee camp
  • Smara refugee camp
  • Awserd refugee camp
  • Dakhla refugee camp
  • Boujdour refugee camp

(not to be confused with the cities after which they are named)

List of provinces

Common Name	Arabic Name	Capital]]	Surface
El Aaiún	العيون	El Aaiún	30,000 km2
Auserd	أوسرد	La Güera	65,000 km2
Esmara	السمارة	Esmara	60,000 km2
Bojador	بوجدور	Bojador	40,000 km2
Río de Oro	وادي الذهب	Dajla	55,000 km2

Links

WikiProject Western Sahara (Wikipedia)

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Users

• Ketari

Contributors

• SN74LS00