W. Sahara

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Map of W. Sahara (de facto borders)W. Sahara highlighted among its neighbouring countries, with borders drawn as Natural Earth shows them: according to who controls the territory. Hover a neighbour to see its name.Scale at the country's latitude200 km

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Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North-western Africa. It has a surface area of 272,000 km². Approximately 30% of the territory (82,500 km²) is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR); the remaining 70% is occupied and administered by neighboring Morocco. It is the most sparsely populated country in Africa and the second most sparsely populated country in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands.

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The description on this page is shortened from “Western Sahara” on Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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