Editing Cape Juby (section)

== History ==
=== Precolonial era ===
On 28 May 1767, [[Mohammed ben Abdallah]], the [[Sultan of Morocco]], signed a peace and commerce treaty with King [[Charles III of Spain]]. In the treaty, Morocco was unable to guarantee the security of Spanish fishermen along the coasts south of the [[Noun River (Morocco)|Noun River]], as Morocco did not have control over the [[Tekna]] tribes of that area (Art. 18).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tratado de Paz y Comercio entre España y Marruecos firmado el 28 de mayo de 1767.|url=http://pares.mcu.es:80/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/show/5355750|access-date=2021-10-11|website=PARES}}</ref><ref name="Junta Andalucia">{{cite web | title = Proyecto Ibn Jaldun. VII. El colonialismo español en el s. XIX: África. 2. Chafarinas, Sidi Ifni y el Sáhara. | url = http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/iesbajoguadalquivir/docu/ibnjaldun/ibnjaldum/segunda.htm# | author = Pedro Giménez de Aragón Sierra | publisher = [[Junta de Andalucía]] | access-date = 15 June 2010|language=es}}</ref><ref name="Ilustracion">{{cite news | title = Cautivos españoles en Cabo Blanco | url = http://descargas.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/13540066323026940700080/205169_0012.pdf | publisher = [[La Ilustración Española y Americana]] nº XXXIII | page = 156 | author = Cesáreo Fernández Duro | date = 8 September 1877 | access-date = 16 June 2010 | language = es | archive-date = 14 August 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110814130950/http://descargas.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/13540066323026940700080/205169_0012.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>

On 1 March 1799, Sultan [[Slimane of Morocco|Slimane]] signed an accord with King [[Charles IV of Spain]], in which he recognized that the [[Saguia el Hamra]] and Cape Juby regions were not part of his dominions (Art. 22).<ref name="Junta Andalucia" /><ref name="Ilustracion" />

In 1879, the [[British North West Africa Company]] established a trading post near Cape Juby called "[[Casamar|Port Victoria]]". On 26 March 1888, Moroccan soldiers attacked the post, killing the director of the post and leaving two workers badly injured.<ref>{{cite news | title = Sucesos de Marruecos | url = http://descargas.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/06925179933769228610046/205957_003.pdf | publisher = La Ilustración Española y Americana nº XVIII | page = 307 | author = José Fernández Bromón | date = 15 May 1888 | access-date = 23 July 2010 | language = es | archive-date = 14 August 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110814130017/http://descargas.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/06925179933769228610046/205957_003.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 1895, the company sold its post to the Sultan of Morocco.

=== Spanish protectorate ===
[[File:ETH-BIB-Reisegefährten von Walter Mittelholzer beim Ballspiel am Strand beim Kap Juby-Tschadseeflug 1930-31-LBS MH02-08-1059.tif|thumb|[[Walter Mittelholzer]]'s traveling companions playing ball on the beach of [[Tarfaya|Cape Juby]], image between 1930 and 1931, during [[Spanish protectorate in Morocco]].]]

In 1912, Spain negotiated with France (which controlled the affairs of Morocco at the time) for concessions on the southern coast of Morocco.{{citation needed|date = July 2010}} {{ill|Francisco Bens|es}} officially occupied the Cape Juby region for Spain on 29 July 1916. It was administered by Spain as a single entity with [[Spanish Sahara]] and the [[Ifni]] enclave, as [[Spanish West Africa]].

The Spanish area comprised {{convert|12700|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 9,836.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} Its main town was founded by the Spanish as '''Villa Bens''' (now called [[Tarfaya]]). Villa Bens was used as a staging post for [[airmail]] flights.

=== Retrocession to Morocco ===
When Morocco regained full independence in 1956, it requested the cession of officially Moroccan areas controlled by Spain. After some resistance and some fighting during 1957 (the [[Ifni War]]), the Spanish government in 1958 ceded the Cape Juby Strip to Morocco.