Tangier International Zone منطقة طنجة الدولية Zone internationale de Tanger Zona Internacional de Tánger | |||||||||||||
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1924–1940 1945–1956 | |||||||||||||
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![]() Map of Tangier and the International Zone | |||||||||||||
Status | International Zone | ||||||||||||
Capital | Tangier | ||||||||||||
Common languages | French, Arabic, Berber, Portuguese, Dutch, Haketia, Spanish | ||||||||||||
Religion | Islam, Christianity, Judaism | ||||||||||||
Administrator | |||||||||||||
• 1924–1926 | Paul Alberge | ||||||||||||
• 1929–1940 | Pierre Le Fur | ||||||||||||
• 1945–1948 | Luís Magalhães Correia | ||||||||||||
• 1948–1951 | Henri van Vredenburch | ||||||||||||
• 1955–1956 | Robert van de Kerchove d'Hallebast | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 14 May 1924 | ||||||||||||
14 June 1940 – 11 October 1945 | |||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 7 April 1956 | ||||||||||||
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 an international zone in the city of Tangier, Morocco, which existed from 1924 until 1956. It is surrounded by the Spanish protectorate in Morocco.