Western Sahara

territory in North and West Africa
AdministrativeArea disputed_territory Q6250
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World Factbook

CIA reference data · 3 sections
Geography
Location
Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco
Climate
hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew
Terrain
mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast
Natural resources
phosphates, iron ore
People & Society
Population
652,271 (July 2020 est.)
Languages
Standard Arabic, Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Berber, Spanish, French
Religions
Muslim
Government
Government type
legal status of territory and issue of sovereignty unresolved; territory contested by Morocco and Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), which in February 1976 formally proclaimed a government-in-exile of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), near Tindouf,…
Source: CIA World Factbook · public domain (US gov work, 17 USC §105) · fetched 2026-05-06

Western Sahara

Summary

Western Sahara is a disputed territory[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of disputed_territory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,013 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Western Sahara is in the country of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[3].
  • Western Sahara is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[4].
  • Western Sahara is on the continent of Africa[5].
  • Western Sahara's instance of is recorded as disputed territory[6].
  • Western Sahara's instance of is recorded as United Nations list of non-self-governing territories[7].
  • Western Sahara's instance of is recorded as occupied territory[8].
  • Western Sahara's currency is recorded as Moroccan dirham[9].
  • Western Sahara's currency is recorded as Sahrawi peseta[10].
  • Western Sahara's shares border with is recorded as Mauritania[11].
  • Western Sahara's shares border with is recorded as Algeria[12].
  • Western Sahara's shares border with is recorded as Morocco[13].
  • Western Sahara's top-level Internet domain is recorded as .eh[14].
  • Western Sahara's flag is recorded as flag of Western Sahara[15].
  • Western Sahara is part of North Africa[16].
  • Western Sahara's Commons category is recorded as Western Sahara[17].
  • Western Sahara's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[18].
  • Western Sahara's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[19].
  • Western Sahara's located in time zone is recorded as Africa/El_Aaiun[20].
  • Western Sahara's said to be the same as is recorded as Southern Provinces[21].
  • Western Sahara's telephone country code is recorded as +212[22].
  • Western Sahara's Unicode character is recorded as 🇪🇭[23].
  • Western Sahara's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 25, 'lon': -13}[24].
  • Western Sahara's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Western Sahara[25].
  • Western Sahara's Commons gallery is recorded as صحراء غربية - Sahara Occidental[26].
  • Western Sahara's described at URL is recorded as https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/zapadna-sahara/[27].

Body

Geography

Western Sahara is in the country of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[3]. It is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[4]. It is on the continent of Africa[5]. It is part of North Africa[16].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+582000'}[28] and {'amount': '+612000'}[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include disputed territory[6], United Nations list of non-self-governing territories[7], and occupied territory[8].

Why It Matters

Western Sahara ranks in the top 4% of disputed_territory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,013 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . un.org. Retrieved . un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . data.iana.org. data.iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . data.un.org. data.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . data.un.org. data.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/zapadna-sahara
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/zapadna-sahara/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jark"
  2. 26d ago · Koavf · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wipo st.3 EH
    Currency Moroccan dirham, Sahrawi peseta
    Country Spanish Empire, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Spanish West Africa +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P421]]: [[Q6655]]"
  3. 26d ago · Najem Ajem · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country Spanish Empire, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Spanish West Africa +1
    Wipo st.3 EH
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q40362]]"
  4. 28d ago · M.Bitton · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wipo st.3 EH
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P3068]]: EH"
  5. 29d ago · Najem Ajem · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Currency Moroccan dirham, Sahrawi peseta
    Wipo st.3 EH
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P3068]]: EH"
  6. 29d ago · Najem Ajem · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language used Modern Standard Arabic, Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic +1
    Top-level internet domain .eh
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2936]]: [[Q34152]]"
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