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Map of the tribes of Western Sahara. The Sahrawis, or Sahrawi people (Arabic: صحراويون ṣaḥrāwīyūn), are an ethnic group native to the western part of the Sahara desert, which includes the Western Sahara, southern Morocco, much of Mauritania, and along the southwestern border of Algeria.
The clan- and tribe-based society underwent a massive social upheaval in 1975, when a large portion of the population fled fighting in the country and settled in the refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria, breaking up families and clans.
Western Sahara [a] is a disputed territory in North-western Africa.It has a surface area of 272,000 square kilometres (105,000 sq mi). [3] Approximately 30% of the territory (82,500 km 2 (31,900 sq mi)) is controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR); the remaining 70% is occupied [4] [5] and administered by neighboring Morocco. [6]
Sahrawi or Saharawi (also transliterated into Spanish as Saharaui or French as Sahraoui), is an Arabic term meaning 'from the Sahara', or more specifically the Western Sahara. It can also mean 'from the desert' in general.
The fraction of the Oulad Tidrarian, the Ahel Taleb Ali managed to escape this treatment. The 19th century saw the rise of another Sahrawi tribe, the Reguibat who undermined the authority of the Oulad Delim. In 1888, war broke out between the Oulad Tidrarin and Oulad Delim along with other tribes when the Oulad Tidrarin refused to pay the horma.
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Map of the tribes of Western Sahara with Laaroussien in green. The Laaroussien (Arabic: العروسيين; also spelled Larosien, Laârousienne, Aarousiyine, al-Arosien, etc.) is a Sahrawi tribe traditionally migrating within the region that is today the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
The aggregate population of Western Sahara is commonly referred to as Sahrawi. The entire population is considered Arab or Arabicised. It is also important to note that whilst this category contains Berber people who live in the Moroccan controlled part of the territory, this group does not identify with the modern notion of Sahrawi people.