Western Sahara

Disputed territory

Listed by the UN as a non-self-governing territory. Morocco administers most of it and claims it; the Polisario Front's Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic also claims it.^[1]^[2]^[3] Draft, not yet reviewed

Population: 612,000 in 2021^[4]
Total area: 266,000 km²^[5] land and water
Official language: Arabic^[6]
Currencies: Moroccan dirham^[7]
الدراهم المغربي^[8] (proposed entity)
Land borders: Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria^[10]
Coast: Yes^[10]
Continent: Africa^[9]
Official names: Western Sahara^[11]
Sahara Occidental^[12]
Sáhara Occidental^[13]
الصحراء الغربية^[14]
Sahara occidental^[15]

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Codes

ISO alpha-2: EH^[16]
ISO alpha-3: ESH^[17]
ISO numeric: 732^[18]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

United Nations: Non-Self-Governing Territories Written by this project from the cited sources.
Wikipedia: Western Sahara Written by this project from the cited sources.
Wikipedia: Political status of Western Sahara Written by this project from the cited sources.
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), population (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
- Cites: Western Sahara Summary Statistics
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), area (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
- Cites: United Nations Statistics Division, retrieved 6 March 2024
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), official language: Arabic (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), currency: Moroccan dirham (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
- Cites: https://mandstravelmoney.com/articles/travel/what-is-the-currency-in-morocco
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), currency: الدراهم المغربي (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), continent: Africa (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), official name (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
- Cites: UNESCO Thesaurus, retrieved 19 August 2020
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), official name (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
- Cites: UNESCO Thesaurus, retrieved 17 November 2020
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), official name (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
- Cites: Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, retrieved 17 November 2020
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), official name (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
- Cites: UNESCO Thesaurus, retrieved 19 August 2020
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), official name (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
- Cites: UNESCO Thesaurus, retrieved 19 August 2020
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
Wikidata: Western Sahara (Q6250), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562956920) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.