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.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Western Sahara	73
Spanish Sahara canonical	24
Spanish West Africa	2
Western Sahara conflict	2
Bir Lehlou region of Western Sahara	1
Morocco–Mauritania partition of Western Sahara	1
Northwest Western Sahara	1
Spanish decolonization of Western Sahara	1
Western Sahara (Moroccan-administered areas)	1
Western Sahara (de facto in Moroccan-controlled areas)	1
Western Sahara (historically/regionally)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former Spanish possession ⓘ former colony ⓘ
adminCenter	Laayoune ⓘ Villa Cisneros ⓘ
administeredBy	Spain ⓘ Morocco ⓘ surface form: Spain and Morocco (1975–1976, transitional)
bordersWith	Algeria ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Morocco ⓘ
capital	Laayoune ⓘ
claimant	Mauritania ⓘ surface form: Islamic Republic of Mauritania Morocco ⓘ surface form: 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	Spanish Sahara self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Spanish Sahara self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Sahara
mainEconomicActivity	phosphate mining ⓘ
mergedFrom	Río de Oro ⓘ Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Empire ⓘ
phosphateDeposit	Bou Craa ⓘ
populationGroup	Berbers ⓘ surface form: Sahrawi people
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
status	Non-self-governing territory (UN list, as Western Sahara) ⓘ
successor	Mauritanian administration in Tiris al-Gharbiyya ⓘ Morocco ⓘ surface form: Moroccan administration in Western Sahara Spanish Sahara self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Sahara
timePeriodEnd	1975 ⓘ
timePeriodStart	1884 ⓘ

Referenced by (108)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish North Africa → administrativeLink → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish West Africa

Spanish North Africa → relatedTo → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

Atlantoxerus → nativeTo → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Hassaniya Arabic → spokenIn → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Army of Liberation → activeIn → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

Ifni–Sahara War → place → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

Ifni–Sahara War → relatedTo → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

Ifni–Sahara War → colonialTerritoryInvolved → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

Morocco (as part of Amazigh) → borderCountry → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

subject surface form: Morocco

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Crown of Spain → hasPart → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

Modern Spanish → officialLanguageOf → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Cabo Blanco Peninsula → locatedOnCoastOf → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Spanish overseas territories → includedTerritory → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Laâyoune Province → locatedIn → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Laâyoune Province → disputedTerritory → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

El Aaiún → country → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

El Aaiún → locatedInTerritorialEntity → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

El Aaiún → locatedInDisputedTerritory → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

El Aaiún → largestCityOf → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

El Aaiún → deFactoCapitalOf → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed → placeOfBirth → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bir Lehlou region of Western Sahara

El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed → countryOfBirth → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed → regionOfActivity → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Tindouf → locatedNearBorderWith → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Western Sahara phosphate industry → locatedIn → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

port of El Aaiún → region → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

subject surface form: Port of El Aaiún

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

port of El Aaiún → locatedInDisputedTerritory → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

subject surface form: Port of El Aaiún

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Western Sahara conflict → conflictOver → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Western Sahara conflict → location → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Saguia el-Hamra (wadi) → country → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Saguia el-Hamra (wadi) → locatedIn → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Hassan I Airport → serves → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Hassan I Airport → locatedIn → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

EH → represents → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

EH → alpha2CodeFor → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic → sovereigntyClaimOver → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic → claimsTerritory → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Jeunesse Sportive d'El Massira → homeRegion → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Dakhla → country → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Dakhla → locatedIn → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Smara → country → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

Smara → locatedIn → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) → concernsTerritory → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) → relatedTo → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

La Marche Verte → tookPlaceInRegion → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

La Marche Verte → tookPlaceInTerritory → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

La Marche Verte → targetTerritory → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara

La Marche Verte → targetTerritory → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

Zouerate → near → Spanish Sahara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Sahara