<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Western Sahara<nl>Government</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Names:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>conventional long form:</hi> none
<item>• <hi format=ital>conventional short form:</hi> Western Sahara
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<item><hi format=bold>Digraph:</hi> WI
<item><hi format=bold>Type:</hi> legal status of territory and question 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); 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
<item><hi format=bold>Capital:</hi> none
<item><hi format=bold>Administrative divisions:</hi> none (under de facto control of Morocco)
<item><hi format=bold>Executive branch:</hi> none
<item><hi format=bold>Member of:</hi> none
<item><hi format=bold>Diplomatic representation in US:</hi> none
