Tindouf Province
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Tindouf Province, also written Tinduf Province, is the westernmost province of Algeria, having a population of 58,193 as of the 2008 census. Its population in reality could be as high as 160,000 becau
Tindouf, 1880
People's Liberation Army Museum
Sand War
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The Sand War was a border conflict between Algeria and Morocco fought from September 25 to October 30, 1963, although a formal peace treaty was not signed until February 20, 1964. It resulted largely
Tindouf Province
…for independence. After Algeria's independence in 1962, Morocco's claim to Tindouf was not accepted by the new Algerian republic. This led to the 1963 Sand war, fought along the Moroccan-Algerian border in the Tindouf region, and also involving Béchar Province and Tlemcen Province, after Morocco claimed the…
Moroccan Mk 61 105 mm self-propelled howitzer, c. 1963