Tangier International Zone | |||||||||
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1925–1940 1945–1956 | |||||||||
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![]() Map of the Tangier International Zone, with boundary | |||||||||
Status | International Zone | ||||||||
Capital | Tangier | ||||||||
Common languages | French, Spanish, Arabic, Darija, English, Portuguese, Dutch, Haketia | ||||||||
Official languages | French, Spanish, Arabic | ||||||||
Religion | Islam, Christianity, Judaism | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1 June 1925 | ||||||||
14 June 1940 – 11 October 1945 | |||||||||
• Disestablished | 29 October 1956 | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Total | 382 km2 (147 sq mi)[1]: 18 | ||||||||
Currency | Moroccan franc | ||||||||
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Today part of | Morocco |
The Tangier International Zone (Arabic: منطقة طنجة الدولية Minṭaqat Ṭanja ad-Dawliyya; French: Zone internationale de Tanger; Spanish: Zona Internacional de Tánger) was a 382 km2 (147 sq mi) international zone centered on the city of Tangier, Morocco, which existed from 1925 until its reintegration into independent Morocco in 1956, with interruption during the Spanish occupation of Tangier (1940–1945), and special economic status extended until early 1960. Surrounded on the land side by the Spanish protectorate in Morocco, it was governed under a unique and complex system that involved various European nations, the United States (mainly after 1945), and the Sultan of Morocco, himself under a French protectorate. Due to its status as an international zone, Tangier played a crucial role for Moroccan Nationalists, who wanted independence, to establish international contacts and recruit allies as well as organising gatherings and events.[2]
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