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
1924–1940
1945–1956
Flag of Tangier
Map of Tangier and the International Zone
Map of Tangier and the International Zone
StatusInternational Zone
CapitalTangier
Common languagesFrench, 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
CurrencyMoroccan franc
Preceded by
Succeeded by
1924
Spanish Protectorate of Morocco
1945
Spanish Protectorate of Morocco
1940
Spanish Protectorate of Morocco
1956
Kingdom of Morocco
Today part ofMorocco


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