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capital | El Aaiun |
Government | territory contested by Morocco and for Polisario Front (from the release of Saguia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro) |
Currency | Moroccan diram (MAD) |
Area | 266,000 km2 |
Population | 273,008 (July 2006) |
Language | Hassānīya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Spanish |
Religion | Sunni Muslims |
Electricity | 127-220V/50Hz (European outlet) |
phone code | 212 |
Internet TLD | .eh (reserved but inactive) |
Time zone | UTC |
O Western Sahara (old one Spanish Sahara or Rio de Oro) it's a country in fact That does not exist de jure, limited to the north by Morocco, east by Algeria, east and south by Mauritania and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, where it borders the autonomous region Spanish of the Canary Islands. Capital: El Aaiun. Although it continues to be considered an occupied country by the United Nations, Morocco considers it an integral part of its territory. In practice, the territory is controlled largely by Morocco and to the south and on the Algerian border by the self-proclaimed Saharawi Arab People's Republic or Polisario Front.
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