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Spanish Sahara: see Western Sahara Western Sahara, territory (2005 est. pop. 273,000), 102,703 sq mi (266,000 sq km), NW Africa, occupied by Morocco. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Morocco in the north, on Algeria in the northeast, and on Mauritania in the east and south. ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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The Spanish laid claim to the coastal region of Rio de Oro in the nineteenth century and later occupied the northern interior, Saguia el-Hamra, in 1934; the two were then united into Spanish Sahara in 1958. Smaller contingents patrol the former Spanish Sahara in Morocco and many other African states. Western Sahara, formerly known as Spanish Sahara, is one of the remaining 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories and the last one in Africa. |
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Spanish Sahara