I never knew this about Western Sahara... 😭 #shorts

#shorts #geography Have you ever wondered why on most maps, there's always one country that appears nonexistent?

Well this place is known as Western Sahara, and to understand why it always appears gray on a map, we have to go back to the late 19th century (1884). At this point, almost all of Africa was claimed by European powers, and what today is known as western Sahara, was a colony of Spain called Spanish Sahara.

Fast forward almost 100 years, and the Spanish Sahara remains the only Colony in Africa that hasn’t yet gained its independence. Along with the Spanish, Morocco and Mauritania also claimed all of Western Sahara.

When Spain finally departed their colonial forces from the territory, the native people in Western Sahara, called the Sahrawi people, proclaimed their independence, and established the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. The newly liberated land was then invaded by Morocco, which took control of more than 80% of Western Sahara.

Because of the conflicting borders and the limited recognition of the Sahrawi Arab democratic republic the territory is colored gray on most modern data maps.

[frobe]

"Theres always one country that appears non-existent"
new zealand: im waiting 😁😁

[dradon]

"European colonialism is bad!"
Other countries: "Is that undefended land? 👀"

[WhisperXK]

"Brother we're free"
Morocco: about that

[Uranus.s]

I'm from Sahara so I'm Moroccan 🇲🇦💯

[Xerxes]

I remember back in high school, they gave us planners that were printed in France. The first pages had a world map where Western Sahara was depicted as independant. When they noticed, the school recalled them, tore the page and gave them back to us because otherwise it could have caused a diplomatic incident 💀
It was a French school in Morocco btw

[SuperCaptainFail]

Starting in the 80s Morocco also began a campaign to encourage their citizens to migrate into the areas they currently claim to control, demographically displacing the native population. Currently 2/3 of the people in Western Sahara are Moroccan so even if the country became independent, it would likely have a referendum to join Morocco. This act of encouraged migration is considered a war crime and is usually levied against Israel regarding its Palestinian territories.

[Laffayette_]

Somaliland and northern cyprus: You didn't have to cut me off

[Phantom]

Him: The Only Spanish Colony In Africa
Equatorial Guinea: Really?

[malekaltayari]

It's Moroccan land from Tunisia 🇹🇳🌹🇲🇦
Actually even mauritania should be Moroccan Morocco rule those lands and more thorough Many kingdoms and dynasty's in history

[Norachantir]

Morocco was not a French protectorate in 1886 it became one in 1935-1936

[dawnslayer]

"one most maps there's always one country that appears grayed out"

*Somaliland has left the chat*

[Flamab]

It was Moroccan before Spain invaded it, and Morocco regained it by the " green walk", where the the Moroccans walked from the north to the moroccan Sahara to free it from the Spanish occupation, with no violence, or guns, this is the true story.

[DocuseriesMACA]

It is moroccan land, I am from there and we are moroccans!

[DigitalEdits_GeographyFootball]

Does your country exist?
Every Country: Yes
Western Sahara: *No Data*



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[bo]

“There’s always one country that appears nonexistent”
laughing in Palestinian 🇵🇸

[gamesmaster]

For everyone this is wrong and I have search it the western Sahara was Moroccan and it was colonized by Spain then it become indépendant by morocco so it's Moroccan
END OF THE STORY

[noone]

"The sahrawi people" are 90 000 people living now in tinduf-Algeria, the 500 000 people who are actually living in "western sahara" are all moroccans, I worked near Dakhla (a city in the south) for a few years and i can assure you that no one wants independence, the last few countries that split in Africa were : South Sudan, Eritrea, Somaliland.. and they've all went terribly, people just want to live a peaceful life but the militant group (polizario) in Algeria are forcing the conflict to continue.

[darwin]

The Western Sahara does not exist because it is just a land from Morocco and the people who say this is our land are from Algeria, because Algeria wants this land and not the Western Sahara, and Algeria gives him a lot of money and weapons to start a war with Morocco.
One must know that Morocco is the second oldest kingdom in the world, so if you read some books on Moroccan history, you must know that Western Sahara does not exist and that Morocco is older than the present.

[Midnights._.]

“I never knew this about West Sahara“
That one person:
*“What’s West Sahara.“*

[Ben-kmdh]

I'm from the Sahara I approve is Moroccan 😂. If you don't think so come take it 😊 🇲🇦 💪