Ifni

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Ifni was a small former Spanish enclave on the Atlantic coast of southern Morocco that became notable for its decolonization conflict in the late 1950s.

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Label Occurrences
Ifni canonical 9

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
enclave
former Spanish territory
overseas territory
administrativeCenter Sidi Ifni
belligerent Moroccan resistance forces
surface form: Moroccan irregular forces

Spain
borderedBy Morocco
capital Sidi Ifni
coast Atlantic Ocean
colonialAdministrationType Spanish overseas province
colonialEmpire Spanish Empire
conflictIn Ifni self-linksurface differs
continent Africa
country Spain
currentAdministrativeRegion Guelmim-Oued Noun region
currentTerritorialStatus part of Morocco
decolonizationConflict Ifni War
endTime 1958
establishedAsSpanishTerritory 19th century
ethnicGroups Arabs
surface form: Arab

Berbers
surface form: Berber
event Ifni War
formerColonialPower Spain
formerMetropolitanCountry Spain
formerStatus Spanish province
geopoliticalSignificance Atlantic coastal enclave
historicalEra 20th century
historicalEvent Spanish decolonization in North Africa
language Arabic
Berber languages
Spanish
legalBasisOfTransfer Treaty between Spain and Morocco of 1969
locatedIn southern Morocco
locatedOn Atlantic coast
notableFor decolonization conflict in the late 1950s
partOf Spanish North Africa
surface form: Spanish West Africa
religion Islam
sovereignStateAfterDecolonization Morocco
sovereigntyTransferredFrom Spain
sovereigntyTransferredTo Morocco
startTime 1957
status decolonized territory
former colony
transferToMoroccoDate 1969
typeOfEnclave coastal enclave
usedCurrency Spanish peseta

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ifni War location Ifni
Ifni conflictIn Ifni self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Ifni War
Ifni–Sahara War place Ifni
Forgotten War location Ifni