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 |