Creation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

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Was the establishment of the Sahrawi Republic in West Sahara by the Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front.

Chronology

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September 1976: Haouza was a strategic location in Western Sahara, where the Polisario Front, a Sahrawi rebel national liberation movement, clashed with Moroccan forces in 1976. The Polisario Front eventually gained control of Haouza, contributing to the territory's transfer to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

January 1979: Battle of Tan-Tan.

February 1976: On February 27, 1976, the Polisario Front, a Saharawi political party, proclaimed the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Bir Lehlou the day after the withdrawal of the Spanish army from the territory. The territory of Algeria passes to the Polisario front.