Country reference

Western Sahara

Western Sahara, officially recorded here as Western Sahara, is in its recorded region. Its capital is Not specified by source, and the profile links the place to MAD, 1 recorded IANA time zone, airports, education organizations, postal locations and historical route data. The World Bank income classification shown for this profile is an unclassified income group. GeoNames reports an area of 266,000 square kilometres. The structured country metadata lists calling code 212, top-level domain .eh, 2 language codes, and 3 neighbouring territories. Indicator years can differ because each source series is published on its own schedule; the tables and charts below retain the year and unit for every observation. Country names, boundaries and classifications can change over time. Regional and income labels are statistical classifications rather than political or legal judgments. Linked airport, university, air-quality, postal and route totals reflect only records published in this DataOfWorld release, not complete national inventories.

1Currency Count
1Time zones Count
3Airports Count
1Universities Count
12Routes Count

Key facts

Country code
EH
ISO alpha-3
ESH
Official name
Western Sahara
Capital
Not specified by source
Currency
MAD
Time zones
Africa/El_Aaiun
Area (sq km)
266000.0
Calling code
212
Top-level domain
.eh
Languages
ar, mey
Neighbours
DZ, MR, MA
GeoNames ID
2461445

Field-level provenance

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