Territorial Borders
The territories of the Spanish protectorate of Morocco included northern Morocco (except Ceuta and Melilla, which have been Spanish since the 17th and 15th century, respectively), and the Cape Juby or Tarfaya Strip in the extreme South. The small territory of Ifni, being of Spanish sovereignty, was not a part of the Spanish protectorate.
The capital of Spanish protectorate of Morocco was Tetuán (Tétouan).
The rest of the country was ruled by France, under the name of French Morocco, also from 1912 to 1956.
The city of Tangier was declared an international zone, though this status was suspended during World War II when it was provisionally occupied by Spanish troops, from 14 June 1940, on the pretext that an Italian invasion was imminent.
The Republic of the Rif led by the guerrilla leader Abd El-Krim was a breakaway state that existed in the Rif region from 1921 to 1926, when it was dissolved by joint expedition of the Spanish Army of Africa and French forces during the Rif War.
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