WESTERN SAHARA

Hello, we are going to talk about Western Sahara, that is the rich part of sahara. People think that all Sahara is a desert and they live in camps but that is another part, the poor Sahara. In Western Sahara people live in houses like us, children go to school, families meet to lunch like us...

Western Sahara is located in the north of Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It is surrounded by Mauritania, Morroco and Argelia. The land is arid or inhospotable, but it is rich in photospates in Bou Craa. However, They don't have natural resources and do not have enough rainfall to supply the majority of agricultural activities. Its economy is focused on nomadic herding, fishing and extraction of phosphates, which is the largest site in the world. Most food for the urban population must be imported. All trade and other economic activities are controlled by the Moroccan government. The income and living standards are substantially below those of Morocco.

Most people have heard of the Sahara Campsite in the desert of Argelia. This campsite was built up when people from Western Sahara left their country when Morocco invaded it. That was because of the Ifni war.

1957 and April 1958 and culminated with the abortive siege of the city of Sidi Ifni.

This war took place in the context of the decolonization process in Africa during the second half of the twentieth century. The war was directed primarily by members of the Moroccan Liberation Army, the former liberation force that fought for independence against the French, led by the leader of Istiqlal, Ben Hammu.

An interesting place that we can visit in Western Sahara is Dakhla. Dakhla is a city of 40.000 inhabitants that is located to 550km south of Aaiun. Dakhla has been a very conflictive aarea during a lot of years but nowadays the violence has decreased, so the city now is improving in tourism rates, because of the lovely beaches and the possibility to practice surf, windsurf and kite surf.

Another interesting place to visit in Western sahara is Aaiun. Aaiun is the most important city of Western Sahara that is located to 28km to the north coast. There practice a lot of sports but th most important is the football. The most important team is Jeunesse Massira that played in the most important league of Morroco. there are also more teams offolother sports but they don't have so many followers.


Smara is olso a good place to visit if you go to Western Sahara. It is located in the North of Western Sahara and there live 42.000 people.