• Western Sahara is a region of unresolved sovereignty, it lies on the Atlantic Ocean in north-western Africa. It borders Morocco, Mauritania and Algeria. The territory covers 266,769 square kilometres (103,000 square miles). The Tropic of Cancer cuts through Western Sahara.
  
  It has a small coastal fishing industry but its main export value is the deposits of phosphate. The world's largest are found at Bu Craa southeast of El Aaiun.
  
  
  

• http://www.wsahara.net 

• http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/wi.html

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