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Western Sahara Government 1995 https://theodora.com/wfb/1995/western_sahara/western_sahara_government.html SOURCE: 1995 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Digraph: WI Type: legal status of territory and question 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); 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 Capital:
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NOTE: The information regarding Western Sahara on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Western Sahara Government 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Western Sahara Government 1995 should be addressed to the CIA. |
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