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Spanish Sahara

LC control no.n 79100573
Geographic headingSpanish Sahara
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Variant(s)Sahara Español
Provincia de Sáhara
Spanish Western Sahara
See alsoSpanish West Africa
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Western Sahara
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Biography/History noteCeased to be a Spanish prov. on 12/31/75; divided between Morocco and Mauritania
Special noteSUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Western Sahara.
Found inLC manual auth. cd. (Spanish West Africa: Spanish West Africa was composed of the territory of Spanish Sahara and the territory of Ifni; in Jan. 1958 Ifni and Spanish Sahara became independent overseas provinces of Spain)
Wikipedia, Aug. 10, 2012 (Spanish Sahara was the name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it was ruled as a territory by Spain between 1884 and 1975)
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