| LC control no. | n 2008011909 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Rio de Oro (Western Sahara) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Western Sahara--Rio de Oro |
| Variant(s) | وادي الذهب Rio de Oro (Spanish Sahara) |
| See also | Tiris El Gharbia (Mauritania) |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Algo sobre Río de Oro, 1946. Statoids.com - Provinces of Western Sahara, viewed Feb. 19, 2008 (1976: Spain relinquished Spanish Sahara (consisting of Río de Oro and Saguia el Hamra); the southern half of Río de Oro going to Mauritania and becaming the region of Tiris el Gharbia; in 1979 Mauritania ceded Tiris el Gharbia to Morocco, which renamed it Oued el Dahab province) <http://www.statoids.com/ueh.html> Wikipedia, viewed Feb. 19, 2008 (Western Sahara; in late 19th century Spain was awarded the region that became known as Spanish Sahara. In 1975 Spain withdrew from the area and Morocco and Mauritania divided the region; the region continues to be underdispute) Wikipeida, viewed Sept. 30, 2013 (Río de Oro (Spanish for "Gold River", Arabic: وادي الذهب wādī-að-ðahab, often transliterated as Oued Edhahab), is, with Saguia el-Hamra, one of the two territories that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969; it was originally taken as a Spanish colonial possession in the late 19th century. Its name seems to come from an east-west river which was supposed to have run through it formerly. Occupying the southern part of Western Sahara, the territory lies between 26° to the north and 21° 20' to the south. The area is roughly 71,042 mi.2 (184,000 km²), making it approximately two-thirds of the entire territory) |
| Not found in | Geonet, Feb. 19, 2008. |
| Geographic area code | f-ss--- |
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