Tiris al-Gharbiyya
| Western Tiris تيرس الغربية (Arabic) Tīris al-Ġarbiyya | |||||||||||||
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| Province of Mauritania | |||||||||||||
| 1975–1979 | |||||||||||||
The striped blue and green is Western Tiris. | |||||||||||||
| Anthem | |||||||||||||
| النشيد الوطني الموريتاني "Nashid Wataniin Muritaniin" | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Dakhla | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
| • Coordinates | 23°43′N 15°57′W / 23.717°N 15.950°W | ||||||||||||
• 1977 | 88,000 km2 (34,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1977 | 12,897 | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Type | Province | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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Tiris al-Gharbiyya (Arabic: تيرس الغربية, romanized: Tīris al-Ġarbiyya, lit. 'Western Tiris') was the name for the area of Western Sahara under Mauritanian control between 1975 and 1979.