Saguia el-Hamra

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former administrative region geographical region historical region

Saguia el-Hamra was the northern region of the former Spanish Sahara, named after a seasonal riverbed and now part of the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Saguia el-Hamra canonical	6
Saguia el-Hamra region	4

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative region ⓘ geographical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
administrativeCenter	El Aaiún ⓘ
borderedBy	Algeria ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Morocco ⓘ Río de Oro ⓘ
capital	El Aaiún ⓘ
claimedBy	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ
colonialNameLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
colonialStatus	part of Spanish overseas province ⓘ
conflict	Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
country	Spanish Sahara ⓘ
currentDeFactoControl	Morocco ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Berbers ⓘ surface form: Sahrawi people
formedEntity	Spanish Sahara ⓘ
formerAdministrativeDivisionOf	Spain ⓘ
formerColonialPower	Spain ⓘ
geopoliticalStatus	historical region within disputed territory ⓘ
historicalEvent	Spanish Sahara ⓘ surface form: Spanish decolonization of Western Sahara
historicalPeriod	Spanish colonial period in Western Sahara ⓘ
hydrology	ephemeral river ⓘ wadi ⓘ
languageUsed	Hassaniya Arabic ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	North Africa ⓘ Sahara Desert ⓘ Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ⓘ surface form: Western Sahara
majorCity	El Aaiún ⓘ Smara ⓘ
mergedWith	Río de Oro ⓘ
namedAfter	Saguia el-Hamra (wadi) ⓘ surface form: Saguia el-Hamra wadi seasonal riverbed ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Sahara ⓘ disputed territory of Western Sahara ⓘ
regionType	northern region of Spanish Sahara ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
status	defunct administrative division ⓘ part of disputed territory ⓘ
terrain	desert ⓘ rocky plateaus ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
usedAs	toponym in Western Sahara ⓘ
usedIn	Spanish colonial administration ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Spanish Sahara → formerName → Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ

Spanish Sahara → mergedFrom → Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ

Spanish Sahara → includedTerritory → Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ

Río de Oro → borderedBy → Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ

Río de Oro → mergedWith → Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ

Saguia el-Hamra (wadi) → namedAfter → Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saguia el-Hamra region

Saguia el-Hamra (wadi) → partOf → Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saguia el-Hamra region

Saguia el-Hamra (wadi) → flowsThrough → Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saguia el-Hamra region

Smara → partOf → Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saguia el-Hamra region

Smara → historicalRegion → Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ