🇪🇭 Western Sahara

Time zones in Western Sahara

• Africa/El_Aaiun
  UTC+1 (GMT+1) · Western European Time

Upcoming public holidays in Western Sahara

• Sun, May 10May 20 Revolution
• Wed, May 27Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
• Tue, Jun 9Day of the Martyrs
• Tue, Jun 16Islamic New Year
• Wed, Jun 17Day of National Unity

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Other countries in Northern Africa

• 🇩🇿 Algeria
• 🇪🇬 Egypt
• 🇱🇾 Libya
• 🇲🇦 Morocco
• 🇸🇩 Sudan
• 🇹🇳 Tunisia

At a glance

Capital

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Region

Africa

Subregion

Northern Africa

Population

600,904

Area

266,000 km²

Currency

DZD دج

Calling code

+2125288

Driving side

right

Languages

ber, mey, spa

Internet TLD

.eh

About

Western Sahara is a United Nations–recognized non-self-governing territory in north-western Africa. It has a surface area of 272,000 square kilometres (105,000 sq mi). Western Sahara is the last African colonial state yet to achieve independence and has been dubbed "Africa's last colony". With an estimated population of around 600,000 inhabitants, it is the most sparsely populated territory in Africa and the second most sparsely populated territory in the world after Greenland, consisting mainly of desert flatlands.

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