Southern Provinces

The Southern Provinces^[a] or Moroccan Sahara^[b] are the terms used by the Moroccan government to refer to the occupied territory^[1]^[2] of Western Sahara.

These designations encompass the entirety of Western Sahara, which spans three of Morocco's 12 top-level administrative regions. The term "Southern Provinces" is frequently used on Moroccan state television (e.g. weather forecasts, news maps, and official statements) and in mass media while the nomenclature associated with the Polisario Front and the Sahrawi state is censored and occasionally penalized.

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^ "A/RES/35/19 - E - A/RES/35/19". Question of Western Sahara. p. 214. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 8 Apr 2021.
^ Christian Walter; Antje von Ungern-Sternberg; Kavus Abushov (5 June 2014). Self-Determination and Secession in International Law. OUP Oxford. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-19-100692-0.

[United_Nations_Documents-3] "A/RES/35/19 - E - A/RES/35/19". Question of Western Sahara. p. 214. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 8 Apr 2021.

[WalterUngern-Sternberg2014-4] Christian Walter; Antje von Ungern-Sternberg; Kavus Abushov (5 June 2014). Self-Determination and Secession in International Law. OUP Oxford. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-19-100692-0.

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