Talk:Western Sahara#Lack of neutrality

According to some sources, it seems that Morocco has extended its berm into Mauritanian territory and successfully split the previously contiguous SADR-controlled part into three separate regions.

Link: https://sovereignlimits.com/boundaries/morocco-western-sahara-land 2001:8003:9008:1301:9535:F3C8:6763:D1BC (talk) 01:01, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

This post will not ask for any changes to the article, but rather ask editors to be careful where they get their numbers from, on this article and on other articles.

The UN "Population division" gives a figure for Western Sahara's population at 587,259 in 2023 (that's mid-year, I believe).[https://population.un.org/dataportal/data/indicators/49/locations/732/start/2020/end/2023/table/pivotbylocation?df=b8fb81f9-653b-4554-afeb-56207081938b]

But the UN "Statistics division" which puts out the Statistical Yearbook gives a figure of 76,425 with the note "Comprising the Northern Region and Southern Region." Clearly this is a different definition, being used in a way that is easy to miss.

Link to yearbook 2022: [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2022/]

Under "World Summary" see "Table 3" and click on either 'pdf' or 'xls'. Link to pdf: [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/documents/DYB2022/table03.pdf]

Either of these sources is used in countless articles, so editors should make sure the region under discussion on Wikipedia has the same definition as whichever UN division is being sourced. Wizmut (talk) 21:22, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

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I would like to change the capital from Laayoune to El Aaiun which is the new official capital name official name also I also want to add that it is owned by Morrocco. Redpanda245 (talk) 13:57, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

:{{not done}}: It has always been known as "El Aaiun" and Morocco doesn't own it, it illegally occupies it. M.Bitton (talk) 14:24, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

::To refer to the presence of Morocco in the Western Sahara as an illegal occupation is objectively biased. Both sides have been in the wrong several times, encroaching on territory owned by the other. Zakwantotreeforfifeseekssebeneyt (talk) 04:32, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

I understand that as a Moroccan individual, I have a level of bias surrounding this topic. That said, the word choice used seems a bit exaggerated in favor of the Polisario group. Zakwantotreeforfifeseekssebeneyt (talk) 04:18, 23 March 2025 (UTC)