Free Zone (Western Sahara)

Map of the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic, yellow: free zone

View of the free zone near Tifariti

City view of Tifariti

As a free zone which denotes Frente Polisario the area of their proclaimed state Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in the field of Western Sahara , the east of himself Moroccan Walls is. Overall, it is about a third of the area of ​​Western Sahara, but hardly a tenth of all inhabitants of Western Sahara live. Only this area is under the control of the Polisario Front. Their headquarters in Tifariti are also located there .

Other places in the free zone

• Agounite
• Bir Lehlu
• Dougaj
• La Gouira
• Meharrize
• Mijek
• train

See also

• Western Sahara Conflict

Web links

Commons : Free Zone  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• United Nations (Map) (PDF; 157 kB) Minurso Deployment as of October 2006, Map No. 3691 Rev. 53 United Nations, October 2006 (Color), Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Cartographic Section