Coat of arms of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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| Armiger | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
| Adopted | 1976 |
| Crest | Star and crescent Gules |
| Supporters | Two olive branches Or |
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Arabic: حرية ديمقراطية وحدة "Liberty, Democracy, Unity" |
| Other elements | Two crossed rifles with Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic flags hanging from each |
Coat of arms of Laayoune region  Morocco
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| Armiger | Morocco |
| Adopted | 1975 |
| Coat of arms of Dakhla region Morocco
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| Armiger | Morocco |
| Adopted | 1979 |
The territory of Western Sahara is a disputed territory, claimed by:
The Coat of arms of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a symbol created by the Polisario Front, the national liberation movement of Western Sahara. The Polisario Front proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic on February 27, 1976, and both the flag and the coat of arms were adopted as state symbols.
The symbol depicts two crossed rifles with the SADR flag hanging from either Mauser. Centered above them is a red crescent and star, Islamic and Arabic imagery. Surrounding the guns and crescent are two olive branches, one on either side. At the bottom is written in Arabic the Polisario motto "حرية ديمقراطية وحدة" (English: "Liberty, democracy, unity") in black on a red banner. Until June 1991 when it was modified, it also contained a hammer between the rifles.
While there is no pro-Moroccan coat of arms of Western Sahara as a whole, there are coats of arms for at least two of the three Moroccan regions of Western Sahara
In the late 19th-century, Western Sahara formally became a Spanish colony. After the Green March pressure and the Madrid Accords of 1975, Spain unilaterally disengaged itself leaving the territory to Morocco and Mauritania, who split the territory, giving two thirds to the former, in a movement that was not recognized by the UN. The Polisario Front rejected this illegal move and declared in Bir Lehlou, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as the state representing an independent Western Sahara.
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