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    Spanish Sahara (Spanish: Sahara Español; Arabic: الصحراء الإسبانية, romanized: As-Sahrā'a Al-Isbānīyah), officially the Spanish Possessions in the Sahara...
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  • "Spanish Sahara" is a song by English indie rock band Foals. Although not an official single, it was the first song to be released from the band's second...
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    Morocco-controlled 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...
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    was expanded by Spanish settlers during the expansion of their empire. The Spanish interest in the desert coast of Western Africa's Sahara arose as the result...
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    Resolution 3292 regarding the disputed territory of Western Sahara (then Spanish Sahara). Morocco had approached the UN to adjudicate its and Mauritania's...
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  • Saharan Spanish (Spanish: español saharaui) is the variety of the Spanish language spoken in Western Sahara and adjacent regions. This non-native variety...
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    and Edchera. By February 1958, a joint Spanish and French offensive had driven the Moroccans out of Spanish Sahara. Hostilities ceased in April 1958 (although...
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    The Western Sahara War (Arabic: حرب الصحراء الغربية, French: Guerre du Sahara occidental, Spanish: Guerra del Sahara Occidental) was an armed struggle...
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    recognized independence for Western Sahara. The conflict escalated after the withdrawal of Spain from the Spanish Sahara in accordance with the Madrid Accords...
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    The flag of Western Sahara (Arabic: علم الصحراء الغربية, Spanish: Bandera del Sáhara Occidental), also known as the flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic...
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    Western Sahara, formerly the Spanish colony of Spanish Sahara, is a disputed territory claimed by both the Kingdom of Morocco and the Popular Front for...
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    Sahara, but controls only the easternmost one-fifth of that territory. Between 1884 and 1975, Western Sahara was known as Spanish Sahara, a Spanish colony...
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  • along the then Spanish Sahara. In 1884, Spain claimed a protectorate over the coast from Cape Bojador to Cap Blanc. Later, the Spanish extended their...
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    The Moroccan Western Sahara Wall or the Berm, also called the Moroccan sand wall (Arabic: الجدار الرملي المغربي في الصحراء الغربية, lit. 'Moroccan sand...
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    been founded by the Spanish captain Antonio de Oro in 1938. From 1958, it became the administrative capital of the Spanish Sahara, administered by the...
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    independent, Spain surrendered Spanish Morocco to the new nation, but retained control of Sidi Ifni, the Tarfaya region and Spanish Sahara. Moroccan Sultan...
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    Libya and Mauritania, the movement eventually relocated to Spanish-controlled Spanish Sahara to start an armed rebellion.[citation needed] The Polisario...
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    Spain ceded the Cape Juby Strip to Morocco by the Treaty of Angra de Cintra, and created separate provinces for Ifni and the Sahara in 1958. Spanish West...
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    the Spanish Sahara. The northern zone became part of independent Morocco on 7 April 1956, shortly after France relinquished its protectorate. Spain finally...
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    Spanish Africa may refer to: Spanish North Africa (disambiguation) Contemporary Spanish North Africa, i.e. Spain's autonomous cities Ceuta, on the north...
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    The Sahara (/səˈhɑːrə/, /səˈhærə/) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the...
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    Référendum au Sahara Occidental; Spanish: Misión de las Naciones Unidas para la Organización de un Referéndum en el Sáhara Occidental; MINURSO) is the United...
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    West Sahara Spanish Cathedral in El-Aaiún, Western Sahara (Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of West Sahara) Spanish cathedral in Dakhla . Western Sahara [1]...
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    The annexation of Western Sahara occurred in two stages: 1976 and 1979. Shortly after Spain gave up control over Spanish Sahara in 1975, both Mauritania...
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    Listed as China, Macao SAR. Western Sahara. A disputed territory with undetermined political status. Formerly Spanish Sahara up to 1976, administration is currently...
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    waters between Morocco and the Spanish Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean.[citation needed] Morocco invaded the Spanish Sahara in the so called Green March...
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    and official statements). Western Sahara was formerly a Spanish colony known as the Spanish Sahara. In the 1970s, Spain faced mounting pressure from Morocco...
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    Green March (category 1975 in Spanish Sahara)
    military, to force Spain to hand over to Morocco the disputed, autonomous semi-metropolitan province of Spanish Sahara. The Spanish government was preparing...
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    United Nations documents related to decolonization of Spanish Sahara, the Western Sahara conflict, Moroccan military occupation, Sahrawi refugees, and...
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  • Territorial police force (category Articles with Spanish-language sources (es))
    empleo en la Policía Territorial de la Provincia de Sahara Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) Used in explanatory note 422 of the Police Reform Act...
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