Sahrawi Arabic Democratic Republic

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic República Árabe Saharaui Democrática  (Spanish) الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية (Arabic)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: الحرية والديمقراطية والوحدة "Libertad, Democracia, Unidad" (Spanish) "Liberty, Democracy, Unity"
Anthem: Yā Banīy As-Saharā ¡Oh hijos del Sáhara! (Spanish) Oh Sons of the Sahara
Areas controlled by the SADR in dark green, claimed areas in light green
Capital	El-Aaiúna(claimed) Tifariti (de facto)
Largest city	El-Aaiún (claimed)
Official languages	Arabic Spanish
Spoken languages	Hassaniya Arabic Spanish
Demonym	Sahrawi Western Saharan
Government	One-party semi-presidential republic
• President	Brahim Ghali
• Prime Minister	Abdelkader Taleb Oumar
Legislature	Sahrawi National Council
Sovereignty disputed with Morocco
• Western Sahara relinquished by Spain	November 14, 1975
• Republic declared	February 27, 1976
Area
• Total	266,000 km2 (103,000 sq mi) (83rd)
• Water (%)	negligible
Population
• September 2010 estimate	100,000 or 502,585c (182nd)
• Density	1.9/km2 (4.9/sq mi) (236th)
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Per capita	unknown
Currency	Sahrawi peseta, Moroccan dirham (de jure) Algerian dinar, Mauritanian ouguiya (de facto)
Time zone	UTC
Internet TLD	Nonee
Article 4 of the Sahrawi constitution. The SADR government is based in the Tindouf refugee camps in Algeria. It controls the area east of the Moroccan Wall in Western Sahara which it labels the "Free Zone". Area of the whole territory of Western Sahara claimed by SADR. 500,000 is the estimate given for the population of Western Sahara based on comparative study of population growth since 1975, the date when the last census took place in Western Sahara. 100,000 is the estimated number of people living in the Tindouf refugee camps in Algeria where the SADR is headquartered. 75% to 80% of the claimed territory is de facto under Moroccan administration. TLD of .eh is reserved for Western Sahara but not yet granted to any claimant.

The Sahrawi Republic, officially the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR; Spanish: República Árabe Saharaui Democrática; Arabic: الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية‎‎ al-Jumhūrīyah al-‘Arabīyah aṣ-Ṣaḥrāwīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah), is a partially recognized state that controls a thin strip of area in the Western Sahara region and claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony. SADR was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on February 27, 1976, in Bir Lehlou, Western Sahara, a former communist liberation force (modeled after that of Cuba) which has since reformed its ideological and political views.

The SADR government controls about 20–25% of the territory it claims. It calls the territories under its control the Liberated Territories or the Free Zone. Morocco controls and administers the rest of the disputed territory and calls these lands its Southern Provinces. The SADR government considers the Moroccan-held territory to be occupied territory, while Morocco considers the much smaller SADR-held territory to be a buffer zone. The claimed capital of the SADR is El-Aaiún, while the temporary capital has been moved from Bir Lehlou to Tifariti.

The Sahrawi Republic maintains diplomatic relations with 40 UN states, and is a full member of the African Union.