• A partially recognized state that controls a thin strip of area in the Western Sahara region and claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony.
• SADR was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on February 27, 1976, in Bir Lehlou, Western Sahara, a former communist liberation force (modeled after that of Cuba) which has since reformed its ideological and political views.
• The Sahrawi Republic maintains diplomatic relations with 40 UN states, and is a full member of the African Union.
• The SADR government considers the Moroccan-held territory to be occupied territory, while Morocco considers the much smaller SADR-held territory to be a buffer zone.

Western Sahara:

• A disputed and partially Moroccan-occupied territory in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
• It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands.
• It is the most populous territory on that list, and by far the largest in area.
• In 1965, the UN General Assembly adopted its first resolution on Western Sahara, asking Spain to decolonise the territory.
• Western Sahara is located in Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco.
• It also borders Algeria to the northeast.
• The land is some of the most arid and inhospitable on the planet.
• The land along the coast is low, flat desert and rises, especially in the north, to small mountains reaching up to 600 metres (2,000 ft) on the eastern side.

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