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Oran
Oran () is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance. It is west-southwest from Algiers. The total population of the city was 803,329 in 2008, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000, making it the second-largest city in Algeria.
Bioko
thumb|View of Bioko from satellite Bioko (; ; ; historically known as Fernando Pó, ) is an island of Equatorial Guinea. It is located south of the coast of Cameroon, and northwest of the northernmost part of mainland Equatorial Guinea. Malabo, on the north coast of the island, is the former capital city of Equatorial Guinea. Bioko's population was 335,048 at the 2015 census and it covers an area of , making it the fourth largest island in Africa (after Madagascar, Socotra and Tenerife). The island is part of the Cameroon line of volcanoes and is located off the Cameroon coast, in the Bight of
plazas de soberanía
Spanish territories along the northern African coast
Spanish Sahara
former Spanish North African colonial possession
Rif War
1921–1926 war between Spain and Berber tribes of Morocco
Annobón Province
Annobón (; ) is a province of Equatorial Guinea. The province consists of the island of Annobón and its associated islets in the Gulf of Guinea. Annobón is the smallest province of Equatorial Guinea in both area and population. According to the 2015 census, Annobón had 5,323 inhabitants, a small population increase from the 5,008 registered by the 2001 census. The official language is Spanish but most of the inhabitants speak a creole form of Portuguese. The island's main industries are fishing and forestry.
First Moroccan Crisis
international crisis over the status of Morocco
Ifni
The Territory of Ifni () was a Spanish province on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, south of Agadir and across from the Canary Islands. It had a total area of , and a population of 51,517 in 1964. The main industry was fishing. The present-day Moroccan province in the same area is called Sidi Ifni, with its capital in the city of the same name, but encompassing a much larger territory.
Spanish Guinea
1926–1968 Spanish possession in West Africa
Spanish West Africa
Spanish colony from 1946 to 1958
Algiers expedition
1541 attack by the Holy Roman Empire on the regency of Algiers
Atlético Tetuán
association football club
Peñón of Algiers
former island in Algeria
Capture of Algiers
1529 battle
Army of Africa
Spanish colonial army in Morocco 1913-1956
Conquest of the Canary Islands
conquest which took place between 1402 and 1496
Perejil Island crisis
2002 Spanish–Moroccan conflict
Capture of Algiers
1516 battle
Treaty of Paris
1900 treaty
Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco
colonial administration of Spanish Africa
Spanish Africa
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Battle of Wolf Ravine
Spanish colonial battle in Morocco, 1909
Invasion of Algiers
1775 failed invasion of Algiers by Spain and Tuscany
Santa Cruz de la Mar Pequeña
former Spanish North African colony
Chemical weapons in the Rif War
Spanish chemical attacks in Morocco
UD España
association football club
Incident at Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
incident that involved Spain and Morocco
Africanist
term for people who encouraged a strong involvement of the Kingdom of Spain in Colonial Africa
Spanish Oran
Imperial territory North Africa
Spanish Tripoli
presidio of the Spanish Empire in North Africa