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Description: General information about Western Sahara.
Consultancy & Special Projects Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic Names & Rates per night The Western Sahara, given its name in 1975 by the United Nations, is the last African colonial state still to declare its independence. It extends over 285,000 square kilometers of predominantly sandy plains. The Western Sahara's map borders are a result of colonial agreements made between France, Spain and Morocco in 1900, 1904 and 1912. But the sandy Atlantic coast to the west, the Quarkziz and Oued Draa mountain chain to the north and the barren desert to the east and south form natural boundaries to the region. The Western Sahara, located on the north west coast of Africa borders Morocco to the north, Algeria to the east and Mauritania to the south. The region is yet to declare independence. While mainly low lying sandy plains the region can be roughly divided into three topographical zones: The steep mountainous rocky desert, formed by the chain of Atlas mountains and the hills of Zemmour, forms the north east zone. The river basins of the wadi Draa to the north and the Jat to the west where water gathers in the depressions during the brief autumn rainy season forms the second zone. Here the high temperatures and evaporation rates mean that the water never reaches the sea but sufficient moisture is retained along the edges of the rivers for cattle grazing and some cereal cropping. The third, inland, zone consists of flat low lying plains of ergs and sand dunes. The ground is too porous for water to retain the autumn rain, and too flat to allow it to flow, so it accumulates underground in numerous wells. Inland the climate is typically continental - extremely hot summers (with temperatures reaching over 60 degrees celsius in the shade) and cold dry winters.
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Page title:Western Sahara
Keywords:Africa, Afrika, Western Sahara, African, Dajla, Dirham, Hassaniya Arabic, sandy plains, Quarkziz , Oued Draa , desert , Zemmour, wadi Draa , Jat , sand dunes, indigenous Berbers , Saharawi people, Yemen , Assembly of Forty, Ait Arbein
Description:Country information for business, education and travel in Africa; general information, economy, history and links
IP-address:209.202.252.50

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Creation Date: 29-sep-1994
Expiration Date: 28-sep-2014