Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

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The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a partially recognized state that claims sovereignty over Western Sahara, a disputed territory in North Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government in exile
partially recognized state
self-proclaimed state
admittedToAfricanUnion 1984
borderClaimWith Algeria
Mauritania
Morocco
callingCode +212
capital Laayoune
claimsTerritory Spanish Sahara
surface form: Western Sahara
coatOfArmsDescription crossed rifles, olive branches, national flag, and red star
controlsPartOfTerritory eastern and southern areas of Western Sahara
currency Algerian dinar
Sahrawi peseta
declaredCapital Laayoune
declaredIndependenceFrom Spain
declaredIndependenceOn 1976-02-27
demonym Sahrawi people
surface form: Sahrawi
disputedWith Morocco
flagDescription horizontal black, white, and green stripes with a red triangle at the hoist and a red star and crescent
formerColonialPowerOfClaimedTerritory Spain
formerMemberOf Organization of African Unity
foundingOrganization Polisario Front
governmentType republic
legalSystemBasedOn Sharia
surface form: Islamic law

Spanish civil law legacy
customary law
locatedIn North Africa
memberOf African Union
nationalAnthem Ya Banīy as-Sahra
nationalDay February 27
notUNMember true
officialLanguage Arabic
Hassaniya Arabic
Spanish
politicalSystem one-party system
populationIncludes Sahrawi refugees in Tindouf camps
primaryReligion Sunni Islam
recognizedBy some United Nations member states
rulingParty Polisario Front
seatOfGovernment Sahrawi refugee camps
surface form: Tindouf refugee camps
seatOfGovernmentCountry Algeria
shortName SADR
sovereigntyClaimOver Spanish Sahara
surface form: Western Sahara
territoryControlledByOpponent most of Western Sahara controlled by Morocco
territoryMostlyDesert true
timeZone UTC+0
usesScript Arabic script
Latin script

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Laayoune isPartOf Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
this entity surface form: Western Sahara
Laayoune claimedBy Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Saguia el-Hamra locatedIn Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
this entity surface form: Western Sahara
Saguia el-Hamra claimedBy Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Madrid Accords countryAffected Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Polisario Front countryOfOrigin Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
this entity surface form: Western Sahara
Polisario Front declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Polisario Front associatedState Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Bou Craa locatedInCountryClaimedBy Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Río de Oro locatedIn Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
this entity surface form: Western Sahara
Río de Oro sovereigntyDispute Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Canary hotspot volcanic system locatedOffCoastOf Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
this entity surface form: Western Sahara
eastern Atlantic Ocean adjacentTo Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
this entity surface form: Western Sahara
Cabo Blanco Peninsula partlyControlledBy Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Laâyoune Province claimedBy Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
El Aaiún disputedBy Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
El Aaiún claimedBy Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed citizenship Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Tindouf politicallyAssociatedWith Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
port of El Aaiún country Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
subject surface form: Port of El Aaiún
this entity surface form: Western Sahara
Western Sahara conflict relatedEntity Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Smara claimedBy Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
General Popular Congress country Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
National Secretariat country Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Secretary-General country Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the Polisario Front
Secretary-General jurisdiction Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the Polisario Front
Secretary-General locatedInConflictRegion Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
subject surface form: Secretary-General of the Polisario Front
this entity surface form: Western Sahara
Abdallah ibn Yasin region Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
this entity surface form: western Sahara
Pan-Arab colors usedInFlagOf Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Oued ed-Dahab hasDisputeParty Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic