Western Sahara Attractions & Activities - The Best Holiday Destinations for 2020
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| Location
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| Flag
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| Quick Facts
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| Capital
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El Aaiun
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| Government
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Territory contested by Morocco and Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro)
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| Area
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266,000 sq km
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| Population
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273,008 (July 2006 est.)
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| Language
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Hassānīya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Castillian Spanish, spoken by the small Spanish expatriate community
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| Religion
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Sunni Muslim (Maliki school)
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| Electricity
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127-220V/50Hz (European plug)
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| Calling Code
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+212
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| Internet TLD
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.eh reserved, but unassigned
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| Time Zone
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UTC
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Western Sahara is an area in North Africa bordering the Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco. Its governance is disputed between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), but the majority of it is occupied by Morocco.
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None of the content in this guide should be taken as a political endorsement of claims by either side in the dispute over the sovereignty of these territories.
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The Most Frequently Asked Travel Questions about Western Sahara
