Tiris al-Gharbiyya

Western Tiris
تيرس الغربية (Arabic)
Tīris al-Ġarbiyya
Province of Mauritania
1975–1979

The striped blue and green is Western Tiris.
Anthem
النشيد الوطني الموريتاني
"Nashid Wataniin Muritaniin"
CapitalDakhla
Area
 • Coordinates23°43′N 15°57′W / 23.717°N 15.950°W / 23.717; -15.950
 
• 1977
88,000 km2 (34,000 sq mi)
Population 
• 1977
12,897
Government
 • TypeProvince
President 
• (1975 - 1978)
Moktar Ould Daddah
• (1978 - 1979)
Mustafa Ould Salek
History 
November 14, 1975
27 November 1975
• Partition of Spanish Sahara
April 14, 1976
• Mauritania evacuates Western Tiris
August 5, 1979
• Annexation of Western Tiris by Morocco
11 August 1979
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Spanish Sahara
Southern Provinces
Ras Nouadhibou
Free Zone (region)
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Tiris al-Gharbiyya (Arabic: تيرس الغربية, romanizedTīris al-Ġarbiyya, lit.'Western Tiris') was the name for the area of Western Sahara under Mauritanian control between 1975 and 1979.