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Top: Regional: Africa: Western_Sahara
All discussion of Western Sahara is unavoidably and heatedly political. Here's why:West'ern Sahar'a n. 1. a region in NW Africa on the Atlantic coast, bounded by Morocco, Algeria, and Mauritania: a former Spanish province comprising Río de Oro and Saguia el Hamra 1884-1976; divided between Morocco and Mauritania 1976; claimed entirely by Morocco 1979, but still under dispute. 180, 000; ab. 102, 700 sq. mi. (266, 000 sq. km). Formerly, Spanish Sahara.
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