Country: Western Sahara
Population:
Capital: El-Aaiún
Currency: Moroccan Dirham and Mauritanian Ouguiya (MAD, MRO )
Top level domain: .eh
Int. Phone access:
ISO2 code: EH
ISO3 code: ESH
IOC code: -
Western Sahara
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 Languages: Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic Religions: Muslim Country recognition: see below | |
| Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories since 1963, when it was a Spanish colony. In 1966, the UN called on Spain directly for the first time to decolonize the territory. The Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi national liberation movement Polisario Front, through the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) (exiled government in Tindouf, Algeria), dispute control of the territory. Since a United Nations-sponsored ceasefire agreement in 1991, most of the territory (including the entire Atlantic coast line) has been controlled by Morocco, strongly backed by France, and the remainder by the SADR, strongly backed by Algeria. | |
Provinces / Regions | |
Major CitiesEl-Aaiún, | |