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Basic Information

Basic Information

Formal name: Western Sahara (disputed territory given present name by the United Nations in 1975).

Capital: La Ayoune or Al-Auin.

Estimated population: 260,000–400,000

Maps

United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, April 2004 - http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/dpko/minurso.pdf

New Internationalist - http://www.newint.org/issue297/western.htm

Last updated Aug 17, 2011