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Partially recognized state in the western Maghreb / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sahrawi Republic[lower-alpha 5], formally the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[lower-alpha 6] (SADR), is a partially recognized state in the western Maghreb, located in North Africa. The SADR claims the territory of Western Sahara, controlling only the easternmost one-fifth of that territory (which it denominates the Liberated Territories) after a lengthy war with Morocco (which claims the territory as its Southern Provinces) which followed their invasion in 1975, leading to Spain leaving the territory, which the United Nations consider as a non-self governing territory. It borders Morocco to the north, Algeria to the east-northeast, Mauritania to the east and south and the North Atlantic Ocean to the west, where it also shares a maritime border with Spain's Canary Islands.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | |
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Motto: حرية، ديمقراطية، وحدة (Arabic) Libertad, Democracia, Unidad (Spanish) "Freedom, Democracy, Unity" | |
Anthem: يا بني الصحراء Yā Banī aṣ-Ṣaḥrāʾ "Oh, Sons of the Sahara!" | |
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Status | State partially recognised by 46 UN member states and South Ossetia |
Capital and largest city | El Aaiún (de jure) 27°9′N 13°12′W |
Capital-in-exile |
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Official languages | |
Spoken languages | |
Religion | Islam (official) |
Demonym(s) |
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Government | Unitary one-party semi-presidential republic |
Brahim Ghali | |
Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun | |
Legislature | National Council |
Formation | |
14 November 1975 | |
• Republic declared | 27 February 1976 |
• Sovereignty disputed with Morocco | Ongoing |
Area | |
• Total | 266,000 km2 (103,000 sq mi) (claimed) 90,000 km2 (35,000 sq mi) (controlled) (77th) |
• Water (%) | Negligible |
Population | |
• Estimate | c. 200,000 |
173,600 (2023 estimate)[8] | |
40,000 (2010 estimate)[9][lower-alpha 2] | |
Currency | Sahrawi peseta (de jure) (EHP) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) |
Driving side | right |
ISO 3166 code | EH |
Internet TLD | .eh (reserved) |