"The Southern Provinces (Arabic: الأقاليم الجنوبية, romanized: Al-Aqalim al-Janubiyah, French: Provinces du Sud) or Moroccan Sahara (Arabic: الصحراء المغربية, romanized: Assahra al-Maghribiya, French: Sahara marocain) are the terms ...
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used by the Moroccan government for Western Sahara occupied by the Kingdom of Morocco. These two official Moroccan denominations explicitly include all of Western Sahara, which spans three of the country´s 12 top-level administrative regions. A frequent use of the term "Southern Provinces" is found for example in Moroccan state television (weather forecasts, displayed maps on the news, government statements, etc.)." - (en.wikipedia.org 19.12.2021)