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Western Sahara (disputed territory) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 25 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 25.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 013 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -13.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: First settled by hunters and herders; traded with Europe by 4th century BCE; occupied in medieval times by Ṣanhajāh Berbers, later by Arabic-speaking Muslim Bedouins; Spanish arrived 1476, ruled from 19th century; now primarily occupied by Morocco (Al-Magreb) with the exception of a small strip of land. Considered a "disputed territory," and classified by the UN as a "non-self-governing territory," with the claimants being Morocco and the partially recognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and their liberation movement known as the Polisario Front. |
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| Western Sahara (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| El Sáhara (C,V)
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| El Sáhara Español (C,V)
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| Province of Sahara (C,V)
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| Provincia del Sáhara (C,V)
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| Provincia Española de Sáhara (C,V)
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| Provincia del Sáhara Español (C,V)
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| Saharā' al-Gharbīyah (C,V)
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| Westliche Sahara (C,O)
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| Sahara Occidentale (C,O)
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| Sahara Occidental (C,O)
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| Sahara occidental (C,O)
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| Saara Ocidental (C,O)
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| Spanish Sahara (H,O)
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| Spanish Western Sahara (C,V)
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| ESH (C,O,ISO3L)
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| EH (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO732 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| Rio de Oro (H,V)
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| disputed territory (preferred, C) |
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| occupied territory (C) |
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split between Mauritania and Morocco 1976-1979; by Morocco, after August 1979 |
| political entity (C) |
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| primary political unit (C) |
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| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| controlled region (H) |
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Spanish, from 15th cen. |
| province (H) |
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Spanish, 1958-1975 |
| colony (H) |
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Spanish, status ended 1958 |
| protectorate (H) |
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established 1884 |
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