Farsia

This article is about the settlement in the Western Sahara. For other uses, see Farsia (disambiguation).

Farsia (Arabic: الفرسية, romanized: al-Farsīyah, Spanish: El Farsìa), is an isolated village in Western Sahara, situated within the Moroccan-occupied territories. It was occupied by the Moroccan military on October 31, 1975, after Spanish troops evacuated their post.^[1] The Moroccan forces were later pushed out of Farsia by the Polisario.^[2]

Farsia الفرسية El Farsìa
Coat of arms
Farsia
Coordinates: 27°9′N 10°58′W
Non-self-governing territory	Western Sahara
Region	Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
Province	Es Semara Province
Municipality	Jdiriya

Notes

1. Kingsbury 2018.
2. Baers 2022, p. 367.

References

• Baers, Michael (2022-10-10). A History of the Western Sahara Conflict. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-8573-7.
• Kingsbury, Damien (2018-02-02). Western Sahara: International Law, Justice and Natural Resources. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-33868-0.