Western Sahara

Sahara Occidental

Non-sovereign territory

Key Information

Capital

El Aaiun

Population

600,904

Area

266,000 km²

GDP

500 million $

Currency

MAD

Difficulty on MapGuesser

Medium

Subregion

Northern Africa

Calling code

+2125288

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Official Languages

ArabicBerberSpanish

Flag Colors

vertblancrougenoir

Flag History

The national flag of Western Sahara or the flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic uses a national flag consisting of a black, white and green horizontal tricolor charged with a red star and crescent in the center stripe and a red chevron at the hoist. It is used on SADR-controlled areas, while the Moroccan flag is used on the occupied parts of Western Sahara.

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Neighboring countries

Algeria

Mauritania

Morocco

Other excluded territories