Western Sahara
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic · الصحراء الغربية · Sahara Occidental
Western Sahara (EH, ESH) is a territory in Northern Africa, with El Aaiún as its capital. The currency is the Moroccan Dirham (MAD, MAD). The international dialling code is +212 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 06 50 12 34 56. The time zone is Africa/El_Aaiun. Official language: Arabic.
CurrencyMADMAD
Dial code+212e.g. 06 50 12 34 56
Time zoneEl AaiunUTC+01:00
LanguageArabic
CapitalEl Aaiún
Population652.3K266K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Native name
- Western Sahara · الصحراء الغربية · Sahara Occidental
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- EH
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- ESH
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 732
- Demonym
- Sahrawi
- Capital
- El Aaiún
- Region
- Africa › Northern Africa
- Status
- Dependency or territory
- Groups
- Northern Africa
- Internet domain
- .eh
- Coordinates
- 24.5, -13
- Area
- 266,000 km²
- Population
- 652,271
- GDP
- $906.5M ($1.4K per person)
- Literacy
- 50%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Moroccan Dirham MAD
- Symbol
- MAD
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- 1,234.50 د.م.
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/El_Aaiun | UTC+01:00 | none | GMT+01:00 |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +212 (+2125288, +2125289)
- Shared with
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 9 digits
- Emergency number
- 15 pattern 1(?:[59]|77)
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 05 28 81 23 45 | +212 5 28 81 23 45 | XX XX XX XX XX | 9 |
| Mobile | 06 50 12 34 56 | +212 6 50 12 34 56 | XX XX XX XX XX | 9 |
| Toll free | 080-1234567 | +212 80 1234567 | XXX-XXXXXXX | 9 |
| Premium rate | 089-1234567 | +212 89 1234567 | XXX-XXXXXXX | 9 |
| VoIP | 05 92 40 12 34 | +212 5 92 40 12 34 | XX XX XX XX XX | 9 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code} {City}
No data.
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{5}- Examples
- 70000 · 72000
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also hB, hb, H
- Calendars
- gregorian, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the Arabic (Western Sahara) locale (ar-EH), amounts in MAD.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (MAD)
- 1,234,567.89 د.م.
- Accounting
- (1,234,567.89 د.م.)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 درهم مغربي
- Compact short
- 1.2 مليون
- Compact long
- 1.2 مليون
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 كيلومتر في الساعة
- Temperature
- 21.5°م
- Date, full
- الجمعة، 27 مارس 2026
- Date, long
- 27 مارس 2026
- Date, medium
- 27/03/2026
- Date, short
- 27/3/2026
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 م
- Time, short
- 3:04 م
- Date and time
- 27/03/2026، 3:04 م
- Month and year
- مارس 2026
- Weekday
- الجمعة
- Relative time
- أمس · خلال 3 أيام · قبل ساعتين
- List: and
- A وB وC
- List: or
- A أو B أو C