Tangier International Zone
The Tangier International Zone (Arabic: منطقة طنجة الدولية Minṭaqat Ṭanja ad-Dawliyya, French: Zone internationale de Tanger, Spanish: Zona Internacional de Tánger) was an international zone in the city of Tangier, Morocco, which existed from 1924 until 1956. It is surrounded by the Spanish protectorate in Morocco.
Tangier International Zone منطقة طنجة الدولية Zone internationale de Tanger Zona Internacional de Tánger | |||||||||||||
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| 1924–1940 1945–1956 | |||||||||||||
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 Map of Tangier and the International Zone | |||||||||||||
| Status | International Zone | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Tangier | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | French, Arabic, Berber, Portuguese, Dutch, Haketia, Spanish | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Islam, Christianity, Judaism | ||||||||||||
| Administrator | |||||||||||||
• 1924–1926 | Paul Alberge | ||||||||||||
• 1929–1940 | Pierre Le Fur | ||||||||||||
• 1945–1948 | Luís Magalhães Correia | ||||||||||||
• 1948–1951 | Henri van Vredenburch | ||||||||||||
• 1955–1956 | Robert van de Kerchove d'Hallebast | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• | 14 May 1924 | ||||||||||||
| 14 June 1940 – 11 October 1945 | |||||||||||||
• | 7 April 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Moroccan franc | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Morocco | ||||||||||||
Tangier International Zone Media
Borj en-Nâam barracks in the Kasbah of Tangier, former seat of the Spanish Tabor (city police) between 1906 and 1925
Tangier (top left) and the Spanish protectorate in Morocco
Former Debt Administration building (Dar Al-Salaf), first office of the International Zone's Administration in the Interwar period
Former building of the International Zone's Administration, inaugurated ca. 1952
Former seat of the International Legislative Assembly, later remodeled and repurposed as Marshan Palace
Former seat of the Mixed Courts, under renovation in late 2022
Main hall inside the Mendoubia repurposed as a memorial museum
Former British legation in the Medina of Tangier
Former French legation until the mid-19C, later Dar Niaba
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