Spanish protectorate in Morocco

The Spanish protectorate in Morocco was the zone of northern Morocco ruled by Spain during the French protectorate era, established on 27 November 1912 by a treaty between France and Spain that converted the Spanish sphere of influence in Morocco — then under French protection — into a formal Spanish protectorate. The protectorate consisted of a northern strip on the Mediterranean. It was held in the name of the Sultan of Morocco: a Spanish High Commissioner, responsible for civil and military affairs, and a Moroccan Khalifa, the Sultan's local representative, carried on its government, with their respective residences in two adjacent palaces in Tétouan, which served as the protectorate's capital. The protectorate lasted through the 1500–1945 window shown on the map and beyond, until Morocco's independence in 1956, when the Spanish zone merged into the new kingdom and Tétouan's two palaces were repurposed as the Royal Palace of Tétouan.