Polisario Front
Sahrawi political and military organization
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Summary
Polisario Front is a national liberation movement[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of national liberation movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,354 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Progressive Alliance[3], Socialist International[4]
- Country: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[5]
- Founder: El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed[6]
- Headquarters location: Rabouni[7]
- Commons category: Polisario Front[8]
- SRGB color hex triplet: D70A0A[9]
- Inception: May 10, 1973[10]
- Official website: https://saharalibre.es[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Polisario Front[12]
- Political ideology: Sahrawi nationalism[13]
- Participant in: attack on the Portuguese fishing trawler "Rio Vouga", perpetrated by the Polisário Front, on June 4, 1980[14], Attack by the Polisario Front on the Zuerat mining convoy on June 12, 1978[15], Attack by the Polisario Front on the Zuerat mining convoy on June 16, 1978[16], Attack by the Polisario Front, on the Zuerat mining convoy, on February 28, 1978[17], Attack by the Polisario Front, on the Zuerat mining convoy, on June 29, 1978[18]
- Number of seats in assembly: 51[19], 5[20]
- Native label: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير الساقية الحمراء ووادي الذهب[21], Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía El Hamra y Río Oro[22]
- Short name: Polisario[23], البوليساريو[24], بوليساريو[25]
- Significant person: Mohamed Abdelaziz[26], El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed[27]
- General secretary: Brahim Ghali[28]
Why It Matters
Polisario Front has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]