Dcheira
Dcheira
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| Non-self-governing territory | Western Sahara |
| Administering power |  Spain (de jure)[a] |
| Claimed by |  Morocco Sahrawi Republic |
| Controlled by | Morocco |
| Region | Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra |
| Province | Laâyoune |
| Population (2024)[6] | |
• Total | 895 |
Dcheira (Arabic: الدشيرة; Spanish: Edchera[7]) is a small town in Western Sahara. It is occupied by Morocco as a rural commune, part of the Laâyoune Province, in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region. Under the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic administrative system is a daïra (district) within the wilaya (province) of El Aaiún.
In 1958, when it was part of the Spanish Sahara, the Battle of Dcheira took place.[8]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ In 1976, Spain withdrew from Western Sahara and informed the Secretary-General of the United Nations that it no longer considers itself responsible for the territory. Nonetheless, the criminal division of the Audiencia Nacional ruled in 2014 that Spain remains as Western Sahara's de jure administering power.[1] This position is shared by the United Nations, the African Union, and several legal jurists.[2][3][4] Additionally, Spain continues to manage Western Saharan airspace.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "AAN 256/2014 - ECLI:ES:AN:2014:256A" (PDF). 21 November 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2026. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
This Plenary agrees ... that Spain is still de jure, although not de facto, the Administering Power of the territory, and a such, until the end of the decolonization, has the obligations contained in articles 73 and 74 of the Charter of the United Nations ...
- ↑ United Nations Security Council Letter dated 29 January 2002 from the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, the Legal Counsel, addressed to the President of the Security Council S/2002/161 12 February 2002.
- ↑ de Martín-Pinillos, Eduardo Trillo (2007). "Spain as Administering Power of Western Sahara". In Arts, Karin; Leite, Pedro Pinto (eds.). International Law and the Question of Western Sahara. Leiden: International Platform of Jurists for East Timor. ISBN 978-989-20-0820-2.
- ↑ Fernández-Molina, Irene; Ojeda-García, Raquel (2020). "Western Sahara as a Hybrid of a Parastate and a State-in-Exile: (Extra)territoriality and the Small Print of Sovereignty in a Context of Frozen Conflict". Nationalities Papers. 48: 83–99. doi:10.1017/nps.2019.34.
A number of jurists argue that Spain remains the de jure administering power of Western Sahara since the Madrid Accords violated Article 73 of the UN Charter and failed to be endorsed by the UN General Assembly. Such has been the position advocated by the African Union [...] since 2014.
- ↑ Carlos, Ruiz Miguel (2010). "Spain's Legal Obligations as Administering Power of Western Sahara". In Oliver, Michele; van Tonder, Delarey; Botha, Neville (eds.). Multilateralism and International Law with Western Sahara as a Case Study. Pretoria: University of South Africa. ISBN 978-1-86888-604-3.
As far as airspace is concerned, the airspace of the Western Sahara is included in the Spanish airspace, and more precisely in the Canary Islands Flight Information Region. This means that Morocco requires Spanish permission for flights in this territory.
- ↑ High Commission for Planning (Morocco). "Population légale du Royaume du Maroc répartie par régions, provinces et préfectures et communes selon les résultats du Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2024". hcp.ma (in French). p. 136. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ Servicio Geográfico del Ejército (1948). "Mapa del Sahara Español". ign.es (in Spanish). National Geographic Institute (Spain). Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ Villatoro, Manuel (6 February 2018). "Edchera: la sangrienta gesta en la que los legionarios españoles aplastaron a la letal guerrilla marroquí". Diario ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2026.
