Cape Juby

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Cape Juby is a coastal region in southern Morocco, historically significant as a former Spanish protectorate and a key stopover for early airmail routes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cape Juby canonical 3
Cabo Juby 1
Tarfaya Strip 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region
historical region
administrativeRegion Guelmim-Oued Noun
associatedWithAviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
borderRegionOf Spanish Sahara
Western Sahara
linked to: Spanish Sahara
climate arid
coastType Atlantic coast of Africa
colonialPower Spain
conflictContext Ifni War
country Morocco
demilitarizationYear 1958
endOfSpanishControl 1958
ethnicGroups Arab-Berber
Sahrawi
linked to: Sahrawi people
formerColonialCategory Spanish overseas territory
formerStatus part of Spanish protectorate in Morocco
geographicalFeature cape
desert coastline
historicalAdministrationCenter Tarfaya
historicalName Cabo Jubi
Cabo Juby
linked to: Cape Juby
historicalRole Spanish protectorate
languageCurrentlyUsed Arabic
Hassaniya Arabic
languageHistoricallyUsed Spanish
locatedIn southern Morocco
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
nearTown Tarfaya
notableAirmailOperator Aéropostale
Latécoère airline
notableFor Spanish-Moroccan colonial history
role in pioneering airmail routes
partOf Morocco
periodOfSaint-ExupéryStay late 1920s
presentDayMainTown Tarfaya
regionOf North Africa
regionType sparsely populated area
returnedTo Morocco
Saint-ExupéryRole airfield manager
startOfSpanishControl 1916
strategicImportance link between Europe and West Africa
staging point for transatlantic attempts
transportHistory early 20th-century aviation hub
usedFor air navigation point
airmail stopover
aviation refueling stop
yearReturnedToMorocco 1958

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Referenced by (5)

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

Spanish North Africa hasPart Cape Juby
Spanish Protectorate in Morocco includedRegion Tarfaya Strip
linked to: Cape Juby
Cape Juby historicalName Cabo Juby
linked to: Cape Juby