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World History

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2. As far as I can tell...

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 06:55 PM

Mar 2012

...the area had no name, Morocco calls Western Sahara the Southern Provinces, under Spain it was Spanish Sahara, and those that live there want to call it the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, and so I think Western Sahara really is a place holder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Western_Sahara_history

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Why Does the Central African Republic Have Such a Boring Name? Blame the French. [View all] ellisonz Mar 2012 OP

I have wondered about that before RZM Mar 2012 #1

As far as I can tell... ellisonz Mar 2012 #2