Explore Western Sahara in Africa - Western Sahara Tourism Info
Description and Basic Information
Western Sahara with its capital El-Aaiun is located in Africa (Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 266,001 square kilometres (about the size of Colorado) with 273,008 citizens. Arabic and are the the languages spoken by people in Western Sahara. Algeria, Mauritania and Morocco are bordering countries.
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About Western Sahara
The topography features mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast. The average density of population is about 1 per km². The climate in can be described as hot, dry desert with rain being rare, cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew. Potential natural disasters are hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind can occur during winter and spring or widespread harmattan haze exists 60% of time, often severely restricting visibility.
To reach someone in Western Sahara dial +212 prior to a number. There are 2,000 installed telephones. And there are 0 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".eh". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz.
The country consists of 2 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of Western Sahara
Demographic Information
Age Distribution in Western Sahara
Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.
Birthrate
The number of people born in Western Sahara has declined over the last 10 years by 4 births per thousand from 36.6 in 2001 to 32.6 in 2010. Currently, 16,004 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in Western Sahara has declined over the last 10 years by 1.7 deaths per thousand from 10.8 in 2001 to 9.1 in 2010. Currently, 4,488 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Western Sahara is growing at an rate of 3.17% (or by 15,576 citizens). Each year 4,060 people enter this country (or 8.30 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2.34%. Or an total increase of 11,516 citizens.
Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.
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