| Country name: |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Western Sahara
former: Spanish Sahara |
| 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), which in February 1976 formally proclaimed a government-in-exile of |
| Capital: |
none
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Administrative divisions: |
none (under de facto control of Morocco) |
| Suffrage: |
none; a UN-sponsored voter identification campaign not yet completed |
| Executive branch: |
none |
| Political pressure groups and leaders: |
none |
| International organization participation: |
none |
| Diplomatic representation in the US: |
none |
| Diplomatic representation from the US: |
none |
