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During times of the Caliphate of Cordoba as well as the Emirate of Granada, Ceuta and/or Melilla belonged to Al-Andalus.. The plazas de soberanía (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈplaθas ðe soβeɾaˈni.a]), meaning "strongholds of sovereignty", [3] are a series of Spanish overseas territories scattered along the Mediterranean coast bordering Morocco in Africa, or that are closer to Africa than ...
Map English short, formal names, and ISO Ruling power Status [20] Domestic short name(s) and formal name(s) Capital Population Area [14] Currency Canary Islands Autonomous Region of the Canary Islands ES-CN Spain: Autonomous community of Spain: Spanish: Islas Canarias: Santa Cruz and Las Palmas [22] Spanish: Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las ...
The Viceroyalty of New Spain was created by royal decree on October 12, 1535, in the Kingdom of New Spain with a viceroy appointed as the king's "deputy" or substitute. This was the first New World viceroyalty and one of only two that the Spanish Empire administered in the continent until the 18th-century Bourbon Reforms .
The new design thus notably paved the way to the outbreak of the First Carlist War. [22] While Jorge de Burgos' design of provincial Spain suppressed enclaves, it did keep the ones located in Basque territories—Trucios in Biscay, and Treviño in Álava. According to the new arrangement, the Basque enclaves were to be attached to the closer ...
Spanish North Africa may refer to: Contemporary Spanish North Africa: Spain's two autonomous cities: Ceuta and Melilla, plus other minor territories (plazas de soberanía) Canary Islands; Historical Spanish North Africa (1913–1975); former Spanish colonies in Northern Africa, part of the Plazas y Provincias Africanas: Spanish Morocco; Spanish ...
Spanish colonies in Africa in 1950. Spanish Africa may refer to: Spanish North Africa (disambiguation) Contemporary Spanish North Africa, i.e. Spain's autonomous cities. Ceuta, on the north coast of Africa; Melilla, on the north coast of Africa; Plazas de soberanía, sovereign territories scattered along the Mediterranean coast bordering Morocco
The North African territory of Ceuta is surrounded by Morocco but claimed as part of Spanish Europe. It’s one of the most unusual places on either continent. Inside the tiny corner of Spain that ...
Map of Spanish America c. 1800, showing the 4 viceroyalties (New Spain, pink), (New Granada, green), (Peru, orange), (Río de la Plata, blue) and provincial divisions During the early era and under the Habsburgs, the crown established a regional layer of colonial jurisdiction in the institution of Corregimiento , which was between the Audiencia ...