Spanish Sahara
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Was a Spanish Colony in Western Sahara.
Establishment
March 1799: Sultan Slimane signed an accord with King Charles IV of Spain, in which he recognized that the Saguia el Hamra and Cape Juby regions were not part of his dominions.
Chronology
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Was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents.
February 1958: Morrocco invaded the north of Western Sahara up to Edchera.
February 1958: The 4th, 9th, and 13th Spanish Legion battalions, organised into a motorised group, drove the Moroccans from Edchera and advanced to Tafurdat and Smara.
Was a conflict of Marocco and Mauritania (until 1979) against the Sahrawi Indigenous Polisario Front that followed the Spanish withdrawal from Spanish Sahara. The Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front established the Sahrawi Republic and engaged in a guerrilla warfare with Moroccan forces. Morocco did also build several walls in the region to consolidate its control. The conflict ended with a ceasefire in 1991 with most of former Spanish Sahara under Moroccan control.
2.1.Moroccan-Mauretanian Invasion
Was the occupation and partition of Spanish Sahara by Morocco and Mauritania after the withdrawal of the Spanish forces.
November 1975: Moroccan troops capture Smara.
December 1975: Laayoune conquered by morocco.
December 1975: In 1975, Mauritanian President Mokhtar Ould Daddah's troops seized Tichla and Lagouira, marking the military occupation of the territory. This action was part of Mauritania's territorial expansion efforts in the region.
January 1976: The last Spanish troops leave Laâyoune while the Moroccan troops arrive in Dakhla.
January 1976: At the beginning of 1976, Mauritania, under President Moktar Ould Daddah, controlled the southern third of Western Sahara, while Morocco, under King Hassan II, controlled the northern two thirds through military occupation. This division was a result of the Madrid Accords of 1975, which divided the territory between the two countries.
January 1976: At the beginning of 1976, Mauritania, under the leadership of President Moktar Ould Daddah, theoretically controlled the southern third of Western Sahara, while Morocco, led by King Hassan II, controlled the northern two thirds. This division led to conflict and instability in the region.
December 1884: Spain declared "a protectorate of the African coast" from Cape Blanc to Cape Bojador.
July 1916: Francisco Bens officially occupied the Cape Juby region for Spain.
Disestablishment
January 1976: The last Spanish troops leave Laâyoune while the Moroccan troops arrive in Dakhla.
January 1976: At the beginning of 1976, Mauritania, under the leadership of President Moktar Ould Daddah, theoretically controlled the southern third of Western Sahara, while Morocco, led by King Hassan II, controlled the northern two thirds. This division led to conflict and instability in the region.
January 1976: At the beginning of 1976, Mauritania, under President Moktar Ould Daddah, controlled the southern third of Western Sahara, while Morocco, under King Hassan II, controlled the northern two thirds through military occupation. This division was a result of the Madrid Accords of 1975, which divided the territory between the two countries.
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