Spanish Sahara

E13428

former Spanish possession former colony

Spanish Sahara was a former Spanish colonial territory in northwest Africa, encompassing the area of present-day Western Sahara.

Aliases (9)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former Spanish possession → former colony →
adminCenter	Laayoune → Villa Cisneros →
administeredBy	Spain → Spain and Morocco (1975–1976, transitional) →
bordersWith	Algeria → Atlantic Ocean → Mauritania → Morocco →
capital	Laayoune →
claimant	Islamic Republic of Mauritania → Kingdom of Morocco → Polisario Front →
climate	desert climate →
colonialPower	Spain →
colonialType	Overseas province of Spain →
country	Spain →
currency	Spanish peseta →
dateBecameOverseasProvince	1958 →
dateOfMadridAccords	1975-11-14 →
dateOfMerger	1958 →
decolonizationConflict	Western Sahara conflict →
demographicCharacteristic	sparsely populated →
establishedBy	Berlin Conference →
ethnicGroup	Arab-Berber tribes →
event	Green March → Madrid Accords →
formerName	Río de Oro → Saguia el-Hamra →
includedTerritory	Río de Oro → Saguia el-Hamra →
largestCity	Laayoune →
locatedIn	Northwest Africa → Western Sahara →
mainEconomicActivity	phosphate mining →
mergedFrom	Río de Oro → Saguia el-Hamra →
officialLanguage	Spanish →
partOf	Spanish Empire →
phosphateDeposit	Bou Craa →
populationGroup	Sahrawi people →
religion	Sunni Islam →
status	Non-self-governing territory (UN list, as Western Sahara) →
successor	Mauritanian administration in Tiris al-Gharbiyya → Moroccan administration in Western Sahara → Western Sahara →
timePeriodEnd	1975 →
timePeriodStart	1884 →

Referenced by (48)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bou Craa ("Western Sahara") → Sahara Desert ("Western Sahara") → Spanish Sahara ("Western Sahara") → Villa Cisneros ("Western Sahara") →	locatedIn
Río de Oro → Río de Oro ("Spanish West Africa") → Saguia el-Hamra → Villa Cisneros →	partOf
Islamization of North Africa ("Western Sahara") → Madrid Accords → Madrid Accords ("Western Sahara") →	appliesToTerritory
Laayoune ("Western Sahara") → Saguia el-Hamra → Villa Cisneros ("Western Sahara") →	country
North Africa ("Western Sahara") → Spanish Empire →	hasPart
Green March → Green March ("Western Sahara") →	location
Central European Summer Time ("Western Sahara") → Moroccan dirham ("Western Sahara (Moroccan-administered areas)") →	usedIn
Islamic crescent ("Western Sahara") →	appearsOnFlagOf
Spanish law →	appliesIn
Mauritania ("Western Sahara") →	border
Morocco ("Western Sahara") →	borderCountry
Algeria ("Western Sahara") →	borderingCountry
Legión Española ("Western Sahara conflict") →	conflict
Polisario Front ("Western Sahara") →	countryOfOperation
FAO Major Fishing Area 34 ("Western Sahara") →	coversWatersOf
Spanish Sahara ("Western Sahara conflict") →	decolonizationConflict
Canary Current ("Western Sahara") →	flowsPast
Saguia el-Hamra →	formedEntity
Spanish-speaking world ("Western Sahara") →	hasRegion
Saguia el-Hamra ("Spanish decolonization of Western Sahara") →	historicalEvent
Middle East and North Africa ("Western Sahara") →	includesCountry
Northwest Africa ("Western Sahara") →	includesTerritory
Río de Oro →	incorporatedInto
Moroccan dirham ("Western Sahara (de facto in Moroccan-controlled areas)") →	legalTenderIn
Laayoune ("Northwest Western Sahara") →	locatedInRegion
Canary Islands ("Western Sahara") →	locatedNear
Río de Oro →	mergedInto
French Morocco →	neighbour
Tropic of Cancer ("Western Sahara") →	passesThrough
Haredi Jews ("Western Sahara") →	populationCenter
Madrid Accords ("Morocco–Mauritania partition of Western Sahara") →	replacedBy
Maghrebi Arabic ("Western Sahara") →	spokenIn
Spanish Sahara ("Western Sahara") →	successor
Ifni War →	theatre
West Africa Time ("Western Sahara (historically/regionally)") →	usedInCountry