Western SaharaGovernment

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 the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), led by President Mohamed ABDELAZIZ; territory partitioned between Morocco and Mauritania in April 1976, with Morocco acquiring northern two-thirds; Mauritania, under pressure from Polisario guerrillas, abandoned all claims to its portion in August 1979; Morocco moved to occupy that sector shortly thereafter and has since asserted administrative control; the Polisario's government-in-exile was seated as an OAU member in 1984; guerrilla activities continued sporadically, until a UN-monitored cease-fire was implemented 6 September 1991
Capital:	none
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

More about Western Sahara:

The World Factbook 2005, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Geography