and other Western Sahara General Tips

Fondest Memory: Hey, come and see the F O R M A L National Flag being widely used by Western Sahara.

This is the only country in Virtual Tourist Web which you can't find the country flag.

The struggle of the Sahrawi people for Self-determination - Western Sahara the former spanish colony is the last african colonized country still waiting for independence. Since 1973 the Polisario Front is fighting for independence. 1975 Morocco and Mauritania invaded the country. Most of the civilian population fled to Algeria, living in refugee camps. The Polisario Front proclaimed in February 1976 the SADR, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. After 18 years of war the United Nations Peace Plan for Western Sahara was adopted in 1991 by the Security Council. The United Nations mission for the referendum in Western Sahara, MINURSO (Misi�n de las Naciones Unidas para el Referendum del Sahara Occidental), has been monitoring a cease-fire since September 6 1991 and preparing the self determination referendum.

The Actual Country Name : al-Jumhuriyya as-Sahrawiyya ad-Dimuqratiyya al-'Arabiyya (Democratic Arab Republic of Sahara) Size : Sq. km: 252,120 Population : 252,000 Capital: al A'ayun (La'Aayoun)

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Written by o00o

on Aug 25, 2002

Fondest Memory: The Actual Country Name :
al-Jumhuriyya as-Sahrawiyya ad-Dimuqratiyya al-'Arabiyya (Democratic Arab Republic of Sahara)

Size :
Sq. km: 252,120

Population :
252,000

Capital:
al A'ayun (La'Aayoun)

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General Tips: Sasa

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Written by o00o

on Feb 25, 2003

Favorite Thing: I had a very short visit to Western Sahara as you can see most of my journey was focus on the desert few handrads kms outside Layounne city.

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General Tips: haha

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Written by o00o

on Feb 25, 2003

Fondest Memory: The 100s of kms of view outside the jeep was monotonouse and dull, i slept most of the time during the journey to nowhere.

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General Tips: rara

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Written by o00o

on Feb 25, 2003

Fondest Memory: sometime if you are lucky enough, you would see some nice stone, snady dune or rocky stone hill

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General Tips: Camel

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Written by o00o

on Feb 25, 2003

Favorite Thing: The picture shows the local were gathering at a open space to kill the camel for ramadan celebration. I got some photos show how they killed the camel.

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General Tips: Sandy Dune

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Written by o00o

on Feb 25, 2003

Favorite Thing: Apart from the camel story, let's come back to the sand. The color of the sandy dune was very depending to the sunshine.

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General Tips: colou

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Written by o00o

on Feb 25, 2003

Favorite Thing: from mornig to till sun set, the sandy dune would change at least 3 to 4 type of colur from white to brownish orange colur.

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General Tips: hot? cold?

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Written by o00o

on Feb 25, 2003