Administrative divisions none (under de facto control of Morocco)
Capital city	none
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city > Time difference UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Diplomatic representation from the US	none
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Diplomatic representation in the US	none
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Flag modification	27		[28th of 197]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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 Organization of African Unity (OAU) member in 1984; guerrilla activities continued sporadically until a UN-monitored cease-fire was implemented on 6 September 1991 (Security Council Resolution 690) by the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara or MINURSO
Source: Flagspot
International organization participation	WFTU
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Political pressure groups and leaders	none
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Status	resistance
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Suffrage none; a UN-sponsored voter identification campaign not yet completed
Source: electionworld.org
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, whose sovereignty remains unresolved; UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991, administered by the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties thus far have rejected all brokered proposals; several states have extended diplomatic relations to the "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic" represented by the Polisario Front in exile in Algeria, while others recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara; most of the approximately 102,000 Sahrawi refugees are sheltered in camps in Tindouf, Algeria
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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