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In 1975, as Spain retreated from the territory, Western Sahara [[Madrid Accords|was split]] between [[Mauritania]] and [[Morocco]], even if this division was bitterly contested by the [[Polisario Front]]. The dividing line ran halfway through Río de Oro, with Morocco taking the northern part plus Saguia el-Hamra, and Mauritania annexing the lower third of the [[colony]] as a northern province called [[Tiris al-Gharbiyya]] (Western [[Tiris]]). Its provincial capital was already called Dakhla. After a disastrous four-year war with the Polisario, Mauritania relinquished Tiris al-Gharbiyya, withdrew from Western Sahara, and left Morocco and the Polisario as the sole protagonists in the [[History of Western Sahara|conflict]], which is not yet resolved; a cease-fire has been in effect since 1991.<ref>{{cite book|author=IBP USA|title=Morocco Country Study Guide|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8GjrAeMS1dIC|year=2006|publisher=Int'l Business Publications|isbn=978-0-7397-1514-7|pages=[http://books.google.com/books?id=8GjrAeMS1dIC&pg=PA26 26–27]}}</ref>
This area is today divided by the [[Moroccan Wall|Moroccan military berm]], with [[Morocco]] [[military occupation|occupying]] the parts to the west of it, and the [[Polisario Front]]-held [[Free Zone (region)|Free Zone]], under the control of the [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] to the east. These zones are temporary divisions negotiated as a part of the [[United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara|MINURSO]] ceasefire.<ref>[http://www.minurso.unlb.org/monitoring.html Military Agreement No. 1]</ref>
==References==
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