Portuguese Tangier

Portuguese Tangier
Tânger Portuguesa (Portuguese)
طنجة البرتغالية (Arabic)
1471–1661
Flag of Tangier
Portuguese Tangier depicted in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1572.
Portuguese Tangier depicted in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1572.
StatusTerritory of the Portuguese Empire
CapitalTânger
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Sunni Islam (Majority)
GovernmentColonial administration
King 
• 1471–1477 (first)
Afonso V
• 1656–1661 (last)
Afonso VI
Captain 
• 1471–1484 (first)
Rodrigo Afonso de Melo
• 1661–1662 (last)
Luis de Almeida
Historical eraEarly modern period
1471
• First siege of Tangier
1501
23 June 1661
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Wattasid Sultanate
English Tangier
Today part ofMorocco

Portuguese Tangier (Arabic: طنجة البرتغالية; Portuguese: Tânger Portuguesa) covers the period of Portuguese rule over Tangier, today a city in Morocco. The territory was ruled by the Kingdom of Portugal from 1471 to 1661.