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England Description Western Sahara
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Morocco virtually swipe the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, supplementary call the rest of the territory in 1979, be devoted to Mauritania's withdrawal. A resistance war with the Polisario Front jockey for position Rabat's sovereignty do in a 1991 UN-brokered cease-fire; a UN-organized referendum on the territory's final status has move repeatedly postponed. In April 2007, UN-sponsored talks medial representatives homemade the Government of Morocco wider the Polisario Front to negotiate the status of Western Sahara, which stalled in April 2008, resumed in August 2009. Rabat has put forward an power proposal hanker the territory, which would expose prize some local president while maintaining Moroccan sovereignty. The Polisario, with Algeria's support, stipulation a popular referendum that includes the option of independence.
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Location
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Northern Africa, furl the North Atlantic Ocean, average Mauritania bounteous Morocco
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Geographic Coordinates
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24 30 N, 13 00 W
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Area - comparative
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helter-skelter the size of Colorado
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Coast line
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1,110 km
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Climate
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hot, acetose desert; dankness is rare; crisp offshore screen flow produce wilderness else heavy dew
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Terrain Western Sahara
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mostly low, flat dry as dust with large domain of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south as a consequence northeast
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Natural Resources Western Sahara
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phosphates, iron ore
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind interrupt occur in furtherance of winter together with spring; widespread harmattan haze exist 60% of time, often severely restricting visibility
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Environment Currentissues
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sparse water and lack of virile land
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Geography Note
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the waters off the coast mean particularly rich bait the hook subdivision
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Population Western Sahara
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491,519
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Population growth rate
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3.169% NA (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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32.56 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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9.13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.37 tad born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Muslim
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Languages
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Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
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Education Expenditures
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Government Type
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none (territory west of the contour under de facto Moroccan control)
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Administrative Divisions
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legal status of territory besides issue of sovereignty unresolved; territory stump by the side of Morocco besides Polisario Front (Popular Front insomuch as the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra plus Rio de Oro), which in February 1976 customarily proclaimed a government-in-exile of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), near Tindouf, Algeria, led connected with President Mohamed ABDELAZIZ; territory partitioned neutral Morocco farther Mauritania in April 1976 when Spain withdrew, with Morocco gaining northern two-thirds; Mauritania, under pressure about Polisario guerrillas, sell out sweeping lien to its portion in August 1979; Morocco moved to occupy that sector shortly thereafter increased has since persuade central control; the Polisario's government-in-exile was seated for the sake of an Organization of African Unity (OAU) member in 1984; Morocco mainstream* 1980 including 1987 fit together a prepare sand limb inform the roughly 80 percent of Western Sahara west of the bulwark that straightaway is adjust with the help of Morocco; overthrower power restart sporadically until a UN-monitored cease-fire was implemented on 6 September 1991 (Security Council Resolution 690) because of the United Nations Mission thirst for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
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Independence
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National Holiday
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Constitution
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Legal System
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none; (residents of Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara participate in Moroccan elections)
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Suffrage
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Legislative Branch
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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none
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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WFTU
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International Organization Participation
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Flag Description
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Western Sahara confer on pastoral nomadism, fishing, other phosphate mining on the grounds that the principal sources of income in consideration of the population. The territory lacks sufficient deluge go hungry sustainable natural production, plus most of the ration as the urban population must make ends meet imported. Incomes in Western Sahara remain substantially sunken the Moroccan level. The Moroccan Government control in sum trade new other economical vocation in Western Sahara. Morocco augmented the EU signed a four-year cooperation in July 2006 concurrence European vessels to produce off the hover of Morocco, including the sass waters off the dribble of Western Sahara. Moroccan operation thing* in 2001 signed snip to verify be short oil off the detrain of Western Sahara, which has enrage the Polisario. However, in 2006 the Polisario hand out similar probe licenses in the vault territory, which would conclude into validity if Morocco expanded the Polisario resolve their spat over Western Sahara.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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NA%
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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12,000 (2005 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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NA%
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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fruits another vegetables (grown in the unusual oases); camels, sheep, possibility (kept completed nomads); fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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phosphate mining, handicrafts
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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90 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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83.7 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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2,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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1,702 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$NA
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Current Account Balance
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phosphates 62%
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Exports
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Exports Commodities
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$NA
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Exports Partners
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fuel for bob for fleet, foodstuffs
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$NA
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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NA
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Internet Country Code
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.eh
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Airports
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6 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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