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 Western Sahara 
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 Africa 
 ITU zone
 46 
 CQ zone
 33 
 
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 Flag 
 Flag description 
Three equale horizontal bands - black (top), white and red with vertical red crescent and five-pointed star in the middle of white band. Red triangle with base on edge of flag (hoist).
 
          Western Sahara          
 
 Western Sahara 
 Capital: 
none
Al Ujun - main city
 Administrative
 divisions: 
none (under de facto control of Morocco)
 Population: 
256,177 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
24° 30' N, 13° 00' W
 Area total: 
266,000 sq. km
 Land area: 
266,000 sq. km
 Water area: 
0 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
2,046 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km
 Coastline: 
1,110 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Sebjet Tah -55 m - unnamed location 463 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.eh
 Currency: 
Moroccan dirham (MAD)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
none
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Western Sahara
 Former name: 
Spanish Sahara
 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),led by President Mohamed ABDELAZIZ and recognized by 54 nations, territory partitioned between Morocco and Mauritania in April 1976, with Morocco acquiring northern two-thirds, Mauritania, under pressure from Polisario guerrillas, abandoned all claims to its portion in August 1979, Morocco moved to occupy that sector shortly thereafter and has since asserted administrative control, the Polisario's government-in-exile was seated as an OAU member in 1984, guerrilla activities continued sporadically, until a UN-monitored cease-fire was implemented 6 September 1991
 
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