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[[File:Western sahara rel 1989.jpg|thumb|Map of Western Sahara]]
[[File:Western sahara rel 1989.jpg|thumb|Map of Western Sahara]]
'''Western Sahara''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]:'''الصحراء الغربية''') is a disputed territory in northwest [[Africa]]. It is claimed by the government of [[Morocco]] and the [[Polisario Front]], a rebel group which controls vast swaths of the territory. The capital is [[El-Aaiún]].
'''Western Sahara''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]:'''الصحراء الغربية''') is a disputed territory in northwest [[Africa]]. It is claimed by the government of [[Morocco]] and the [[Polisario Front]], a rebel group which controls vast swaths of the territory. The capital is [[El-Aaiún]].
The land was controlled by [[Spain]] until the 1970s, at which point Spain, like many other [[Europe|European]] countries decolonized their overseas land. Morocco and [[Mauritania]] annexed parts of Western Sahara in 1975, but the Polisario Front, backed by [[Algeria]] resisted and quickly forced Mauritania and Morocco to withdraw.
Today, Morocco controls most of the western side of the territory, while the Polisario Front controls much of the east; A [[Moroccan Wall|large wall]] separates the two sides.
{{African Countries}}
{{African Countries}}
[[Category:Disputed Territories]]
[[Category:Disputed Territories]]