Ifni

Ifni
إفني (Arabic)
ⵉⴼⵏⵉ (Berber languages)
1860[a]–1969
Map showing the boundary of Ifni (Date on map: 1953)
Map showing the boundary of Ifni
(Date on map: 1953)
StatusColony of Spain (1934–1946)
Constituent of Spanish West Africa (1946–1958)
Province of Spain (1958–1969)
CapitalSidi Ifni
Common languagesSpanish
Arabic
Religion
Catholicism
Islam
GovernmentColonial administration
Head of State 
• 1934–1936
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
• 1936–1969
Francisco Franco
Government Delegate 
• 1934–1935 (first)
Rodríguez de la Herranza
• 1957–1958 (last)
Francisco Mena Díaz
Governor-General 
• 1958–1959 (first)
Mariano Gómez-Zamalloa y Quirce
• 1967–1969 (last)
José Rodríguez
Establishment
Historical eraInterwar period, World War II,
Cold War, Decolonisation of Africa
26 April 1860
• Established
12 January 1934
• Ifni War
23 October 1957
1 April 1958
• Retroceded to Morocco
30 June 1969
CurrencySpanish peseta
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sultanate of Morocco
Kingdom of Morocco

Ifni was a Spanish province on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, south of Agadir and across from the Canary Islands. It had a total area of 1,502 km2 (580 sq mi), and a population of 51,517 in 1964. The main industry was fishing. The present-day Moroccan province in the same area is called Sidi Ifni, with its capital in the city of the same name, but encompassing a much larger territory.

  1. ^ Torres García, Ana (2016–2017). "La negociación de la retrocesión de Ifni: contribución a su estudio" [The negotiation of the retrocession of Ifni: contribution to its study] (PDF). Norba: Revista de historia (in Spanish) (29–30): 183–184. ISSN 0213-375X.


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