| Tours | Unesco WHS | Guidebooks |
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| groups tours with set departures |
0 World Heritage Sites |
0 country, regions and cities
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| Time zone: | GMT 0 (Greenwich mean time) | Daylight savings: None |
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| Main languages: | Arabic |
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| Currency: |
Moroccan dirhams (MAD) €1 = MAD10.91, $1 = MAD9.78, £1 = MAD13.00 (rates as of Sep 2016) |
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| Internet Domain: | .eh | International Dialling Code: 212 |
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For help planning your trip to Western Sahara including visas, vaccinations, currency exchange, flights, accomodation and insurance, see our Western Sahara trip planning page.
Further information on Western Sahara
Discover more about Western Sahara - the country's geogrpahy and natural features, an assessment of its status on freedom and rights and data on the country's population and economy.
Geography & Natural Features
Total area: 266,000 sq km (0 sq km under water)
Coastline: 1,110 km (Atlantic Ocean)
Neighbours (border lengths): Algeria (42km), Mauritania (1,561km), Morocco (443km)
Highest mountain: unnamed elevation (805m)
Freedom & Rights
Summary status and rankings for Western Sahara from classifications of different organisations measuring political and economic freedom, democracy and civil rights. See more details of these rankings.
| Index | Status | Rank | |
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 | Freedom in the World | Not Free | - |
 | Democracy Index | No Data | - |
 | Economic Freedom | No Data | - |
 | Press Freedom | No Data | - |
 | ILGA LGBT rights | No Data | - |
 | Corruption Perceptions | No Data | - |
| Overall Ranking: | - | ||
Other Data & Links
Status: Territory of Morocco
Population: 554,795 Density: 2 people/sq km
Ethnic groups: Arab, Berber
Religions: Muslim
GDP (PPP): $0.907 billion GDP per capita: $2,500
Information derived from the CIA World Factbook. Other country profiles: BBC News.