Official Name: Western Sahara Location: Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco. Capital: La Youn Area: total: 266,000 sq km land: 266,000 sq km water: 0 sq km Lowest point: Sebjet Tah -55 m Highest point: unnamed location 463 m

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Population: 382,617 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s) Ethnic groups: Arab, Berber. Religions: Muslim. Languages: Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic.

Hot dry desert. Rain is rare. Cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew.

Government type: Legal status of territory and issue of sovereignty unresolved; territory contested by Morocco and Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro). Independence: (legal status of territory and issue of sovereignty unresolved). National holiday:

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