Gregory's Server6/ Until 1956 northern Morocco ๐ฒ๐ฆ was a protectorate of Spain ๐ช๐ธ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_protectorate_in_Morocco
Even today there are two Spanish "autonomous cities" on the Mediterranean coast: Ceuta and and Melilla
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 9/ As part of the conflict Morocco ๐ฒ๐ฆ has built a series of massive sand walls ("berms") to prevent movement of fighters of the Polisario Front - the nationalist movement of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ๐ช๐ญ 10/ The conflict has largely simmered on without much international attention, though in 2020 it came back into focus when the United States ๐บ๐ธ recognised ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco's annexation of what it refers to as its "Southern Provinces" as part of diplomatic normalisation agreement talks between Morocco and Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Morocco_normalization_agreement |
7/ The two cities are the largest of the "Plazas de soberanรญa" a series of smaller Spanish ๐ช๐ธ territories along the northern coast of Morocco.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plazas_de_soberan%C3%ADa
Since independence in 1956 Morocco ๐ฒ๐ฆ has claimed all of them.
One that deserves special mention is Peรฑรณn de Vรฉlez de la Gomera. It was an island until 1930 when a major sandstorm created an 85m land connection - the world's shortest land border!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_de_V%C3%A9lez_de_la_Gomera
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7/ The two cities are the largest of the "Plazas de soberanรญa" a series of smaller Spanish ๐ช๐ธ territories along the northern coast of Morocco.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plazas_de_soberan%C3%ADa
Since independence in 1956 Morocco ๐ฒ๐ฆ has claimed all of them.
One that deserves special mention is Peรฑรณn de Vรฉlez de la Gomera. It was an island until 1930 when a major sandstorm created an 85m land connection - the world's shortest land border!