Western Sahara, Sahara Zachodnia, As-Çanra’ al-Gharbiyyah
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Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, and the rest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal. A guerrilla war with the Polisario Front contesting Rabat's sovereignty ended in a 1991 cease-fire; a referendum on final status has been repeatedly postponed and is not expected to occur until at least 2002.

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1. Dependency status: NA

2. Government type: unresolved; territory contested by Morocco and Polisario

3. Location: Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco

4. Border Countries: Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km

5. Climate: hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew

6. Terrain: mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast

7. Area: 266,000 km2

8. Capital: none

9. Administrative divisions: none (under de facto control of Morocco)

10. Population: 250,559 (July 2001 est.)

11. Languages: Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic

12. Religions: Muslim

13. Currency: Moroccan dirham (MAD)

14. Time diference to GMT: NA

15. Original language tekst: NA


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24.Western Sahara office in Poland:

  • Ambasada Królestwa Maroka
    ul. Starościńska 1/11-12
    02-516 Warszawa
    tel. 022/8496341; fax 8481840
    e-mail: sifamava@pol.pl
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25. Intresting WEB's about Western Sahara:

  • Western Sahara - with history, information on the land and the people, refugee camps, and schooling
  • Western Sahara - Sahara Occidental - with news, human rights links, information on the self-determination process of the former Spanish Sahara, and more
  • University of Pennsylvania Western Sahara Page - Collection of resources from the university's African Studies Center includes a map, travel advisories, and reviewed sites
  • Links for Western Sahara - Western Sahara web directory. Browse the Western Sahara by category and add your sites with Western Sahara content

26. Other WEB's :

  • slowniki.onet.pl - dictionary translating from polish and english, german, french, italian, spanish, russian etc.
  • babelfish.altavista.com - dictionary translaiting both ways in 25 lanquages useful in translating texts
  • Afrika.no - The new Index on Africa
  • SKYTRAX - Links to World Airline sites
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