The Spanish protectorate of Morocco (Arabic: حماية إسبانيا في المغرب Himayat Ispaniya fi Al-Maghreb; Spanish: Protectorado español de Marruecos) was the area of Morocco under colonial rule by the Spanish Empire, established by the Treaty of Fez in 1912 and ending in 1956, when both France and Spain recognized Moroccan independence.
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