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Western Sahara (EH in ISO 3166-1) is a region 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 Laayoune.

Whether it is part of Morocco or is the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), is disputed. At present it is largely occupied, and entirely claimed, by Morocco, but this claim is far from universally recognized and in fact a majority of other nations do not recognize the Moroccan claim.

In the peace plan a future Western Sahara Authority (WSA) is envisaged.

Western Sahara is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world, with some rankings listing it as the least dense.

الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية
Al-Jumhuriyâ al-Arabiyâ as-Sahrāwiyâ ad-Dimuqrātiyâ
( In detail) ( In detail )
National motto: none
Official language Arabic
Capital Laayoune
Largest city Laayoune
President (in exile) Mohamed Abdelaziz
Prime Minister (in exile) Abdelkader Taleb Oumar
AreaThis article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. Article area (geometry) is more mathematical. Area is a quantity expressing the size of a region of space. Surface area refers to the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an objec
 - Total
 - % water
Ranked 83rdHere is a list of the countries of the world in order of size . Values are given using SI (metric) units. Dependencies are shown with the main country; the total area is also given, but the list is ordered according to the areas excluding dependencies.
266,000 km²
Negligible
PopulationFor the use of the word population in statistics, see statistical population. In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. Populations are studied in


 - Total


 - DensityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex
Ranked 182ndThis is a list of countries by population . The data are from the CIA World Factbook 2003 and although not always quite up to date, at least roughly accurate. In the main list dependent or occupied areas are listed under the country which governs the area


261,794 (July 2003 est.)


1/km²
IndependenceAlternate uses: see Independence (disambiguation Independence for a country, organization or branch of government is the same as self-rule, as opposed to being ruled by someone else. Establishing such independence sometimes implies a violent break-out or
 - Declared
 - Claimed and controlled
From Spain
  February 27, 1976
 By Morocco
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)
Time zone UTC 0
National anthem ?
Internet TLDNone (.eh is reserved)
Calling Code+ 212. (same code as Morocco)




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