Tangier International Zone
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| منطقة طنجة الدولية (Arabic) Zone Internationale de Tanger (French) Zona Internacional de Tánger (Spanish) |
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| International Zone | ||||||||||
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 Tangier and the International Zone
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| Capital | Tangier | |||||||||
| Languages | Moroccan Arabic, Berber languages, Judeo-Moroccan, Haketia, Spanish, French, English | |||||||||
| Religion | Islam, Christianity, Judaism | |||||||||
| Political structure | Special territory under nominal sovereignty by King of Morocco sui generis | |||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | |||||||||
| • | Established | 1924 | ||||||||
| • | Spanish occupation | 14 June 1940 – 11 October 1945 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1956 | ||||||||
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| • | 1924 | 373 km² (144 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||
| • | 1939 est. | 60,000 | ||||||||
| • | 1950 est. | 150,000 | ||||||||
| Currency | Pound sterling | |||||||||
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The Tangier International Zone (Arabic: منطقة طنجة الدولية Minṭaqat Ṭanja ad-Dawliyya, French: Zone Internationale de Tanger, Spanish: Zona Internacional de Tánger) was a 373-square-kilometre (144 sq mi) international zone centered on the city of Tangier, Morocco, then under French and Spanish protectorate, under the joint administration of France, Spain, and Britain (later Portugal, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States), that existed from 1924 until its reintegration into independent Morocco in 1956.
The zone was governed in accordance with the , although the Sultan of Morocco retained nominal sovereignty over the zone and jurisdiction over the native population.
The International zone of Tangier had, by 1939, a population of about 60,000 inhabitants and 150,000 by 1950.
To solve a disagreement among France, Spain, and Britain over its control, Tangier was made a neutral demilitarized zone in 1924 under a joint administration according to an international convention signed in Paris on December 18, 1923. Although some disagreements emerged about the agreement ratifications were exchanged in Paris on May 14, 1924. The convention was amended in 1928. The governments of Italy, Portugal and Belgium adhered to the convention in 1928, and the government of the Netherlands in 1929.
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