Spanish Sahara (Spanish: Sahara Español; Arabic: الصحراء الإسبانية, romanized: As-Sahrā'a Al-Isbānīyah), officially the Spanish Possessions in the Sahara from 1884 to 1958, then Province of the Sahara between 1958 and 1976, was the name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it was occupied and ruled by Spain ...

2025年1月19日 · Western Sahara, territory occupying an extensive desert Atlantic-coastal area of northwest Africa. It became a protectorate of Spain in the 19th century and was later claimed by Morocco, Mauritania, and local inhabitants.

Spanish Sahara, now known as Western Sahara, was a Spanish colony in North Africa. The region borders Morocco , Algeria , and Mauritania . It was colonized by Spain in the late 19th century and was under Spanish control until the mid- 1970s .

Western Sahara, formerly Spanish Sahara, Territory, northwestern Africa. Area: 105,019 sq mi (272,000 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 632,200. Capital: Laayoune. Little is known of the area’s prehistory, though rock engravings in southern locations suggest a succession of nomadic groups.

46 years after the constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Republic, the Western Sahara conflict remains unresolved. The latest communications that have come to light between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Spanish government, show a historic shift in the latter’s position on this frozen conflict.

As a resource for activists, journalists, and scholars interested in learning more about the Western Sahara conflict, we’ve compiled an extensive timeline tracing the history of the territory from to Spanish colonization in 1884 all the way to the hunger strikes of early 2014.

Spain withdrew its troops from Spanish Sahara on January 12, 1976, and Spain’s presence in the territory formally ended on February 26, 1976. Morocco immediately claimed sovereignty over the territory.

How the US and Morocco seized the Spanish Sahara Last November marked the 30th anniversary of the Sahara crisis, triggered when Morocco successfully pressured Madrid out of its desert colony in autumn 1975.

2025年1月25日 · Spain also received a strip of desert land in the southwest, known as Tarfaya, adjoining Spanish Sahara. In 1934, when the French occupied southern Morocco, the Spanish took Ifni. Spain appointed a khalīfah, or viceroy, chosen from the Moroccan royal family as nominal head of state and provided him with a puppet Moroccan government.

2023年3月28日 · In 1963, the territory – then known as Spanish Sahara – was included in the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories under Chap. XI of the Charter of the United Nations (Corell 2002, [5]). Its status as such, with Spain as administering Power, was accordingly clear from at least that year until 1976.