Ifni
Sign in to saveThe 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.
Key facts
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Territory of Ifni
- Former country.common_name
- Ifni
- Former country.era
- Interwar period, World War II,Cold War, Decolonisation of Africa
- Former country.image_coat
- Coat of Arms of the Spanish Province of Sidi Ifni.svg
- Former country.symbol_type_article
- Coat of arms of Morocco
- Former country.image_map
- Ifni txu-oclc-6949452-nh29-10.jpg
- Former country.image_map_size
- 320px
- Former country.map_caption
- Map showing the boundary of Ifni(Date on map: 1953)
- Former country.capital
- Sidi Ifni
- Former country.religion
- CatholicismIslam
- Former country.established_event1
- Treaty of Wad Ras
- Former country.established_date1
- 26 April 1860
- Former country.currency
- Spanish peseta
- Former country.status
- Colony of Spain (1934–1946)Constituent of Spanish West Africa (1946–1958)Province of Spain (1958–1969)
- Former country.empire
- Spain
- Former country.year_end
- 1969
- Former country.life_span
- 1860–1969
- Former country.year_start
- 1934
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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.
==History== Spanish presence in the area can be traced to a settlement called Santa Cruz de la Mar Pequeña, founded in 1476. After attacks by the Berbers, the Spanish decided to focus on colonising other areas of North Africa and abandoned the region.