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1. Western Sahara

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   Western Sahara is a sparsely populated territory in North Africa bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, and Mauritania to the east and south. The territory covers approximately $266,000$ square kilometers, making it one of the largest land areas in the world that is not a sovereign state. The land is characterized primarily by arid desert plains, known locally as the hammada, which make up abo…