Spanish Sahara

Spanish Sahara, officially the Spanish Possessions in the Sahara from 1884 to 1958, then Province of the Sahara between 1958 and 1976, was the name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it was occupied and ruled by Spain between 1884 and 1976.

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Which happened first?

• Spanish Sahara and German South-West Africa began in the same year
• Spanish Sahara and Basutoland began in the same year
• Spanish Sahara and German colonial empire began in the same year
• Spanish Sahara and British Somaliland began in the same year
• Spanish Sahara and Kamerun began in the same year

Timeline

1. Basutoland1884–1966
2. British Somaliland1884 – June 26, 1960
3. German colonial empire1884–1920
4. German South-West Africa1884–1915
5. KamerunJuly 12, 1884 – 1919
6. Spanish Sahara (this page)1884 – February 6, 1976

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