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Western Sahara
Western Sahara is a disputed Saharan territory on Africa's north-west Atlantic coast, claimed by both the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Morocco, with a long Atlantic coastline and Saharan interior.
- Capital
- Laayoune (claimed)
- Population
- 580K
- Currency
- Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
- Continent
- Africa
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States of the union.
Twenty-eight at random from all fifty states plus the District of Columbia and the territories — capitals, statehoods, mottoes, populations and flags.
