Everytime I see a data map on some topic, Western Sahara is always filed under ”No Data” or something similar. I know that the area is disputed by Morocco and some self governing body in the area, but that’s all I know. Is this like an Israel-Palestine thing, or something else?

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    1 year ago

    Exactly. There are a few urban areas, a few tiny villages, and a lot of nothing but desert. We have satellite pictures of that desert, but that’s about it. You’re not going to have much data about who governs those areas at all, because they’re not really governed by anyone.

    I’m not trying to diminish Morocco’s unwarranted pseudo-annexation of a sovereign nation, I’m saying there’s more than one element at play here.

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      1 year ago

      pseudo-annexation

      Are you sure that something like that has happened? I have heard it the other way round (but I am not sure about my source either).

      a sovereign nation

      Was it one before?