Western Sahara

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Western Sahara (EH in ISO 3166-1, formerly Spanish Sahara) is a region of northwestern Africa, bordering Morocco to the north, Algeria to the east, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. After a Mauritanian-Moroccan invasion in 1976, Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of the territory. It proceeded to take the rest in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal. A guerrilla war carried by the Polisario Front contesting Rabat's sovereignty ended in a 1991 cease-fire; a referendum on final status has been repeatedly postponed.

See also

• Communications in Western Sahara
• Culture of Western Sahara

• Music of Western Sahara

• Demographics of Western Sahara
• Economy of Western Sahara
• Foreign relations of Western Sahara
• Geography of Western Sahara
• History of Western Sahara
• Military of Western Sahara
• Politics of Western Sahara
• Transportation in Western Sahara

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Western_Sahara" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Sahara, used under the GNU Free Documentation License