
Capital: El Aaiún
Western Sahara is a disputed territory on the northwest coast of Africa, claimed by Morocco and by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Most populated coastal areas are administered by Morocco, while access and legal status vary by route and location.
Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Western Sahara, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
This page blends public reference data, travel-planning lookups, and personal atlas notes. Visa and entry rules move quickly, so treat the travel fields as planning prompts and verify before booking.
Entry, safety, emergency, and advisory context for U.S. travelers.
Country identifiers, baseline facts, and linked reference data.
Public encyclopedia summary and context.
Country flag image fallback from ISO code.
Currency-rate widget data.
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.