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Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-Spain Relations
Sahrawi or Saharawi (also transliterated into Spanish as or French as ), is an Arabic term meaning 'from the Sahara', or more specifically the Western Sahara. It can also mean 'from the desert' in general. Sahrawi may also refer to: People *the Sahrawi people, a Hassaniya-speaking ethnic group in the Maghreb region of Africa **the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, the state of the Sahrawi people ***holders of Sahrawi passports (see Sahrawi nationality law) ***Women in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic **residents of Western Sahara, the Tekna Zone or the Sahrawi refugee camps *persons from the Sahara desert Surname * Abdelbaki Sahraoui Abdelbaki Sahraoui ( ar, عبد الباقي صحرواي) was a co-founder of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) in Algeria. He was born in 1910 in Constantine, Algeria. In 1926, he joined the circle of Sheikh Mubarak el-Mili. Five years later, ... (1910–1995), Algerian imam * Cheb Sahraoui (born 1961), Algerian musician and rai sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Sahara
Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the remaining 80% of the territory is military occupation, occupied and administered by neighboring Morocco. Its surface area amounts to . It is one of the List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density, most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands. The population is estimated at just over 500,000, of which nearly 40% live in Laayoune, the largest city in Western Sahara. Occupied by Spain until 1975, Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories since 1963 after a Moroccan demand. It is the most populous territory on that list, and by far the largest in area. In 1965, the United Nations General Assembly adopted its first resolution on Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
