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	] controls most of the territory and administers it as its ], while the Polisario Front controls the remainder. Since the disengagement of the Spanish forces in 1976, the Polisario proclaimed the ], as the state that represents the territory.		] controls most of the territory and administers it as its ], while the Polisario Front controls the remainder. Since the disengagement of the Spanish forces in 1976, the Polisario proclaimed the ], as the state that represents the territory. Both claimants use their respective flag for Western Sahara.

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	] has not adopted a flag for Western Sahara and uses the ].		] has not adopted a flag for Western Sahara and uses the ].

			On May 8, 2010, a Moroccan flag with a size of 60,409.78 meters squared, weighting 20 tonnes, was set in ], trying for the largest flag record.<ref>http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=38888</ref>

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There is no official flag for the territory of Western Sahara since its sovereignty is disputed between Morocco and the Polisario Front.

Morocco controls most of the territory and administers it as its Southern Provinces, while the Polisario Front controls the remainder. Since the disengagement of the Spanish forces in 1976, the Polisario proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, as the state that represents the territory. Both claimants use their respective flag for Western Sahara.

Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic


Use	National flag
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	February 27, 1976
Design	A black, white, and green horizontal tricolor charged with a red star and crescent in the center stripe and a red triangle at the hoist

The flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a combination of the Pan-Arab colors of black, green, white, and red, and the Islamic symbol of the star and crescent. On 27 February 1976 the flag was adopted as the official flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). It was slightly modified in June 1991. It is said to be designed by El Uali Mustapha Sayed, the first president of the Sahrawi Republic.

Description

The flag is a tricolor of three equal horizontal stripes (black, white, and green from top to bottom) overlaid by a red triangle issuing from the hoist. These are the Pan-Arab colors. There is a red star and crescent in the middle stripe.

The flag is extremely similar to the flags of the Baath Party, Jordan, Palestine, and the Arab Federation all of which draw their inspiration from the Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule (1916–1918). Prior to being the flag of Palestine, it was the flag of the short lived Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan. The flag of the Arab Revolt had the same graphic form, but the colours were arranged differently (white on the bottom, rather than in the middle).

Its design is based on that of the Palestinian flag, which in turn was derived from the colors used in the Arab Revolt. The star and crescent are considered symbols of Islam, and can be seen on flags of other neighbouring Islamic countries such as Algeria and Mauritania.

Construction sheets

It is not clear whether the flag constructed here has any official status. The 1:2 variant with the star pointing upwards, shown above, is the official one.

Construction of the flag
Construction of the star and crescent
Colors of the flag Colors of the flag

Flag of Morocco

Morocco has not adopted a flag for Western Sahara and uses the national flag of Morocco.

On May 8, 2010, a Moroccan flag with a size of 60,409.78 meters squared, weighting 20 tonnes, was set in Dakhla, trying for the largest flag record.

History

In the late 19th-century, Western Sahara became a Spanish colony. After the Madrid Accords of 1975, Spain disengaged itself leaving the territory to Morocco and Mauritania, who split the territory, giving two thirds to the former. The Polisario Front rejected this and declared in exile, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as the state representing an "independent" Western Sahara.

In 1979, Mauritania signed a peace treaty with the Polisario front, and Morocco annexed the part formerly controlled by Mauritania. A U.N.-brokered ceasefire was signed in 1991 between the two parties, but the sovereignty of the territory remains unresolved pending ongoing peace-talks.

Historical flags

Flag of Spain 1884-1931
Flag of Spain 1931-1939
Flag of Spain 1945-1976
Flag of the Sahrawi National Union Party 1974-1975
The flag of Mauritania was the official flag of Tiris al-Gharbiyya, the part of Western Sahara annexed by Mauritania 1976-1979

Moroccan regional flags (1976-1997)

In the 1976-1997 provincial division of Morocco, three provinces included parts of Western Sahara. The provincial division was however re-organized in 1997, consequently some of these flags are no longer in official use.

Flag of Laayoune province.
Flag of Boujdour province.
Flag of Dakhla province.

References

^ Protocol Section of the Office of the President of the Republic (June 1987)
Znamierowski, Alfred (2000). Flags of the world: An illustrated guide to contemporary flags. London: Southwater. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-84215-337-6.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=38888
^ Staff. "CIA - The World Factbook". CIA. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
"Subnational flags of Morocco". flagspot. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

External links

Western Sahara at Flags of the World

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