page_title: Moroccan Western Sahara Wall
hierarchical_section_title: Moroccan Western Sahara Wall
caption_attribution_description: English: Facing the Berm, Western Sahara.
context_page_description: The Moroccan Western Sahara Wall is an approximately 2,700 km long structure, mostly a sand wall, running through Western Sahara and the southwestern portion of Morocco. It separates the Moroccan areas on the west from the Polisario-controlled areas on the east.
  The main function of the barriers is to exclude guerrilla fighters of the Polisario Front, who have sought Western Saharan independence since before Spain ended its colonial occupation in 1975, from the Moroccan-controlled part of the territory.
  According to maps from the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the wall extends several kilometers into internationally recognized Mauritanian territory.
context_section_description: The Moroccan Western Sahara Wall is an approximately 2,700 km (1,700 mi) long structure, mostly a sand wall (or "berm"), running through Western Sahara and the southwestern portion of Morocco. It separates the Moroccan areas (the Southern Provinces) on the west from the Polisario-controlled areas (Free Zone, nominally Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) on the east.
  The main function of the barriers is to exclude guerrilla fighters of the Polisario Front, who have sought Western Saharan independence since before Spain ended its colonial occupation in 1975, from the Moroccan-controlled part of the territory.
  According to maps from the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the wall extends several kilometers (miles) into internationally recognized Mauritanian territory.
caption: Protesters carrying Polisario flags in front of the Western Sahara berm (2011).
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