# Farsia

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This article is about the settlement in the Western Sahara. For other uses, see [Farsia (disambiguation)](/source/Farsia_(disambiguation)).

**Farsia** (Arabic: الفرسية, Spanish: *El Farsia*), is an isolated village in [Western Sahara](/source/Western_Sahara), situated within the [Moroccan-occupied territories](/source/Moroccan-occupied_Western_Sahara). It was occupied by the [Moroccan](/source/Morocco) military on October 31, 1975, after [Spanish](/source/Spain) troops evacuated their post.[1] The Moroccan forces were later pushed out of Farsia by the [Polisario](/source/Polisario).[2]

## Notes

1. Kingsbury 2018.

1. Baers 2022, p. 367.

## References

- Baers, Michael (2022-10-10). *A History of the Western Sahara Conflict*. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-8573-7.
- Kingsbury, Damien (2018-02-02). *Western Sahara: International Law, Justice and Natural Resources*. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-33868-0.

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