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Western Sahara
Basic facts
Population*: 584,000
Land area*: 266,000km²
Listing as a Non-Self-Governing Territory
Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self-
Governing Territories since 1963 following the transmission of
information on Spanish Sahara by Spain under Article 73 e of the
Charter of the United Nations.
See: A/5514, annex III
Administering Power**
United Nations-related action
The General Assembly adopts on an annual basis a resolution devoted
to Western Sahara.
See: General Assembly resolution 71/106 of 6 December 2016
Most recent United Nations Secretariat annual Working Paper on
Western Sahara: A/AC.109/2017/17
Links
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
(MINURSO)
____
* Data is from UNdata (http://data.un.org), a database by the United Nations Statistics
Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations.
** On 26 February 1976, the Permanent Representative of Spain to the United
Nations informed the Secretary-General that “the Spanish Government, as of today,
definitely terminates its presence in the Territory of the Sahara and deems it
necessary to place the following on record: … (a) Spain considers itself henceforth
exempt from any responsibility of an international nature in connection with the
administration of the said Territory, in view of the cessation of its participation in the
temporary administration established for the Territory …” (A/31/56-S/11997).

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  • 1. Western Sahara Basic facts Population*: 584,000 Land area*: 266,000km² Listing as a Non-Self-Governing Territory Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self- Governing Territories since 1963 following the transmission of information on Spanish Sahara by Spain under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations. See: A/5514, annex III Administering Power** United Nations-related action The General Assembly adopts on an annual basis a resolution devoted to Western Sahara. See: General Assembly resolution 71/106 of 6 December 2016 Most recent United Nations Secretariat annual Working Paper on Western Sahara: A/AC.109/2017/17 Links United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) ____ * Data is from UNdata (http://data.un.org), a database by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations. ** On 26 February 1976, the Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations informed the Secretary-General that “the Spanish Government, as of today, definitely terminates its presence in the Territory of the Sahara and deems it necessary to place the following on record: … (a) Spain considers itself henceforth exempt from any responsibility of an international nature in connection with the administration of the said Territory, in view of the cessation of its participation in the temporary administration established for the Territory …” (A/31/56-S/11997).