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Western Sahara
Claims are attributed · classifications are dated
Claims and contested status
Maintained classification
United Nations Non-Self-Governing Territory
Status and sovereignty unresolved
United Nations, Western Sahara — Non-Self-Governing Territory · as of 2026-09-04A claim’s appearance records that the cited source reports it. It does not constitute an Almanac ruling on sovereignty.
Maintained profile
- Classification
- United Nations Non-Self-Governing Territory
- United Nations, Western Sahara — Non-Self-Governing Territory · The current State Department independent-states and dependencies registers do not enumerate Western Sahara.
- Sovereignty or administration
- Status and sovereignty unresolved
- United Nations, Western Sahara — Non-Self-Governing Territory · The almanac records the divergence and does not make a recognition ruling.
- Administrative center
- Not stated in cited register
- United Nations, Western Sahara — Non-Self-Governing Territory · No capital or administrative center is inferred where the cited register does not state one.