Spanish Sahara

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Spanish Sahara was a former Spanish colonial territory in northwest Africa, encompassing the area of present-day Western Sahara.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Spanish Sahara (Spanish Sahara was a former Spanish colonial territory in northwest Africa, encompassing the area of present-day Western Sahara.)

All labels observed (13)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former Spanish possession ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
adminCenter Laayoune ⓘ
Villa Cisneros ⓘ
administeredBy Spain ⓘ
Spain and Morocco (1975–1976, transitional) ⓘ
linked to: Morocco
bordersWith Algeria ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
capital Laayoune ⓘ
claimant Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Mauritania

Kingdom of Morocco ⓘ
linked to: Morocco

Polisario Front ⓘ
climate desert climate ⓘ
colonialPower Spain ⓘ
colonialType Overseas province of Spain ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
currency Spanish peseta ⓘ
dateBecameOverseasProvince 1958 ⓘ
dateOfMadridAccords 1975-11-14 ⓘ
dateOfMerger 1958 ⓘ
decolonizationConflict Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
demographicCharacteristic sparsely populated ⓘ
establishedBy Berlin Conference ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arab-Berber tribes ⓘ
event Green March ⓘ
Madrid Accords ⓘ
formerName Río de Oro ⓘ
Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ
includedTerritory Río de Oro ⓘ
Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ
largestCity Laayoune ⓘ
locatedIn Northwest Africa ⓘ
Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
mainEconomicActivity phosphate mining ⓘ
mergedFrom Río de Oro ⓘ
Saguia el-Hamra ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Spanish Empire ⓘ
phosphateDeposit Bou Craa ⓘ
populationGroup Sahrawi people ⓘ
linked to: Berbers
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
status Non-self-governing territory (UN list, as Western Sahara) ⓘ
successor Mauritanian administration in Tiris al-Gharbiyya ⓘ
Moroccan administration in Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Morocco

Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
timePeriodEnd 1975 ⓘ
timePeriodStart 1884 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (130)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Empire → hasPart → Spanish Sahara ⓘ
North Africa → hasPart → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Canary Current → flowsPast → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Tropic of Cancer → passesThrough → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Canary Islands → locatedNear → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Algeria → borderingCountry → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Maghrebi Arabic → spokenIn → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Morocco → borderCountry → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Central European Summer Time → usedIn → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Sahara Desert → locatedIn → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Mauritania → border → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Spanish Sahara → locatedIn → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Spanish Sahara → successor → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Spanish Sahara → decolonizationConflict → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Spanish-speaking world → hasRegion → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Legión Española → conflict → Western Sahara conflict ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
West Africa Time → usedInCountry → Western Sahara (historically/regionally) ⓘ
subject linked to: West Africa Time (WAT)
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Islamization of North Africa → appliesToTerritory → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Moroccan dirham → legalTenderIn → Western Sahara (de facto in Moroccan-controlled areas) ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Moroccan dirham → usedIn → Western Sahara (Moroccan-administered areas) ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Ifni War → theatre → Spanish Sahara ⓘ
Middle East and North Africa → includesCountry → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
French Morocco → neighbour → Spanish Sahara ⓘ
FAO Major Fishing Area 34 → coversWatersOf → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Laayoune → country → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Laayoune → locatedInRegion → Northwest Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Villa Cisneros → country → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Villa Cisneros → locatedIn → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Villa Cisneros → partOf → Spanish Sahara ⓘ
Saguia el-Hamra → country → Spanish Sahara ⓘ
Saguia el-Hamra → partOf → Spanish Sahara ⓘ
Saguia el-Hamra → formedEntity → Spanish Sahara ⓘ
Saguia el-Hamra → historicalEvent → Spanish decolonization of Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Green March → location → Spanish Sahara ⓘ
Green March → location → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Madrid Accords → appliesToTerritory → Spanish Sahara ⓘ
Madrid Accords → appliesToTerritory → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Madrid Accords → replacedBy → Morocco–Mauritania partition of Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Polisario Front → countryOfOperation → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Bou Craa → locatedIn → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Spanish law → appliesIn → Spanish Sahara ⓘ
Northwest Africa → includesTerritory → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Islamic crescent → appearsOnFlagOf → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Río de Oro → partOf → Spanish Sahara ⓘ
Río de Oro → incorporatedInto → Spanish Sahara ⓘ
Río de Oro → mergedInto → Spanish Sahara ⓘ
Río de Oro → partOf → Spanish West Africa ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Southern Morocco → borders → Western Sahara ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Morocco
linked to: Spanish Sahara
Maghrebi Maliki tradition → practicedIn → Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara