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Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government
- Capital city: None
- Form of government: 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)
- Population: 261,794 (July 2003 est.)
- Total area: 266,000 sq. km
- Languages: Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
- Religions: Muslim
- Per capita GDP: n/a
- Exports: Phosphates
- Literacy: n/a
- Life expectancy: 49.1 years (50.6f, 48m)
Sources
- CIA World Factbook | country data - Western Sahara
- Atlapedia Online | country data - Morocco (including Western Sahara)
- E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - Western Sahara - national anthem, flag, map, people, economy, geography, government,
defence, news and weather
- Encyclopedia of the Orient - Western Sahara - politics, economy, health & education, maps, people & religion, history
- Index on Africa | country page - Western Sahara
- OneWorld.net | country database - Western Sahara - news articles selected from around the world
- IRINnews.org | news archive - Western Sahara - news articles from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Africa Confidential | news articles on Western Sahara
- Amnesty International | Annual Report 1999 - Morocco and Western Sahara
- U.S. Refugee Committee | World Refugee Survey country report - Western Sahara
- World Audit.org | national statistics and reports - Western Sahara - national statistics and reports from Freedom House,
Transparency International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others
- ElectionWorld.org | election results in Western Sahara
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Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
- Western Sahara Online - the country, the people, and their history; site established in support of the Polisario Front (Frente
Popular para la Liberacion de Saguia el Hamra y Rio de Oro)
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Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
- Association de soutien à un Référendum libre et Régulier au Sahara Occidental (ARSO) - supports the Sahrawi people's
struggle for self-determination in the last colonized country in Africa awaiting independence
- Australia-Western Sahara Association (AWSA) (Sydney, Australia) - aims to raise awareness and promote the Saharawi cause
in Australia, to establish links of friendship and solidarity between the Australian and Saharawi people
- Sahara-Occidental en direct - description and history of the situation in Western Sahara (in French)
- El Ouali (Bologna, Italy) - association of volunteers established to support the fight of the Saharawi people, to promote and
organize solidarity initiatives, and to provide humanitarian, economic, sanitary and medical aid in support to the Saharawi
population (in Italian)
- Sahara Marathon International (Marshall, VA, USA) - helps the Saharawi people to build awareness of the medical and
nutritional needs of the Sahrawi children and organises the annual Sahara Marathon
- Sahara-info.org - bulletin de l'Association des Amis de la Republique Arabe Sahraouie Democratique
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Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies
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