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.

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	Sahrawi people →
formedEntity	Spanish Sahara →
formerAdministrativeDivisionOf	Spain →
formerColonialPower	Spain →
geopoliticalStatus	historical region within disputed territory →
historicalEvent	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 → Western Sahara →
majorCity	El Aaiún → Smara →
mergedWith	Río de Oro →
namedAfter	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 (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Río de Oro →	borderedBy
Spanish Sahara →	formerName
Spanish Sahara →	includedTerritory
Spanish Sahara →	mergedFrom
Río de Oro →	mergedWith