Río de Oro

E83835

former Spanish colony historical region territory

Río de Oro was a former Spanish colonial territory in northwest Africa that later became part of the disputed region of Western Sahara.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former Spanish colony → historical region → territory →
administeredBy	Morocco → Spain →
alternativeName	Oued Ed-Dahab → Río del Oro →
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean → Mauritania → Saguia el-Hamra →
capital	Dakhla → Villa Cisneros →
colonialAdministrationCenter	Villa Cisneros →
colonialEmpire	Spanish Empire →
country	Spain →
currentStatus	part of disputed Western Sahara territory →
decolonizationProcess	Spanish withdrawal from Western Sahara →
established	1884 →
ethnicGroups	Sahrawi people →
formerColonialPower	Kingdom of Spain →
formerMetropole	Madrid →
formerTerritoryOf	Spain →
geopoliticalStatus	non-self-governing territory (historical context) →
historicalPeriod	19th century → 20th century →
incorporatedInto	Spanish Sahara →
language	Spanish →
locatedIn	Northwest Africa → Western Sahara →
mergedInto	Spanish Sahara →
mergedWith	Saguia el-Hamra →
namedAfter	Oued ed-Dahab →
partOf	Sahara Desert → Spanish Sahara → Spanish West Africa → disputed territory of Western Sahara →
primaryReligion	Sunni Islam →
regionType	desert region →
sovereigntyDispute	Morocco → Polisario Front → Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic →
strategicImportance	Atlantic coastal access →
successorTerritory	Moroccan-administered Southern Provinces → claimed territory of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic →
usedCurrency	Spanish Sahara peseta → Spanish peseta →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Río de Oro ("Río del Oro") →	alternativeName
Saguia el-Hamra →	borderedBy
Spanish Sahara →	formerName
Spanish Sahara →	includedTerritory
Villa Cisneros ("Rio de Oro region") →	locatedIn
Spanish Sahara →	mergedFrom
Saguia el-Hamra →	mergedWith