WESTERN SAHARA
Official Name:	None (under de facto control of Morocco)
Area:	102,703 sq mi (266,000 sq km)
Comparative Area:	about 1/3rd the size of California slightly larger than the UK
Major City:	Laayoune
Latitude and Longitude:	27 09 00 N, 013 12 00 W
Est. Population:	267,405 (July 2004)
Official Language:	None, however Hassaniya Arabic and Moroccan Arabic are primary
Terrain:	mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast
Currency:	Moroccan dirham (MAD)
No. Bird Species:	210  (0 Endemics)