Territorial change of Spanish Sahara

“Spanish Sahara” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1884 to 1975. Its territory was largest in AD 1884 – 1975, at ≈ 269 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1884 – 1975≈ 269 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1884 – 1975 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1884≈ 269 thousand km²37 of 105
AD 1885≈ 269 thousand km²38 of 101
AD 1890≈ 269 thousand km²43 of 99
AD 1895≈ 269 thousand km²43 of 90
AD 1898≈ 269 thousand km²42 of 87
AD 1900≈ 269 thousand km²41 of 84
AD 1905≈ 269 thousand km²42 of 83
AD 1908≈ 269 thousand km²42 of 79
AD 1911≈ 269 thousand km²41 of 76
AD 1912≈ 269 thousand km²41 of 77
AD 1913≈ 269 thousand km²40 of 78
AD 1914≈ 269 thousand km²40 of 76
AD 1915≈ 269 thousand km²40 of 75
AD 1916≈ 269 thousand km²40 of 71
AD 1917≈ 269 thousand km²40 of 71
AD 1918≈ 269 thousand km²42 of 80
AD 1919≈ 269 thousand km²43 of 88
AD 1920≈ 269 thousand km²42 of 84
AD 1922≈ 269 thousand km²46 of 87
AD 1924≈ 269 thousand km²44 of 86
AD 1926≈ 269 thousand km²44 of 84
AD 1927≈ 269 thousand km²44 of 84
AD 1928≈ 269 thousand km²44 of 85
AD 1929≈ 269 thousand km²44 of 85
AD 1930≈ 269 thousand km²45 of 86
AD 1932≈ 269 thousand km²48 of 88
AD 1936≈ 269 thousand km²48 of 89
AD 1938≈ 269 thousand km²50 of 88
AD 1939≈ 269 thousand km²49 of 86
AD 1940≈ 269 thousand km²48 of 77
AD 1941≈ 269 thousand km²46 of 74
AD 1942≈ 269 thousand km²48 of 75
AD 1943≈ 269 thousand km²45 of 73
AD 1944≈ 269 thousand km²41 of 73
AD 1945≈ 269 thousand km²44 of 76
AD 1946≈ 269 thousand km²46 of 83
AD 1947≈ 269 thousand km²51 of 92
AD 1948≈ 269 thousand km²52 of 96
AD 1949≈ 269 thousand km²51 of 96
AD 1950≈ 269 thousand km²49 of 94
AD 1953≈ 269 thousand km²51 of 97
AD 1956≈ 269 thousand km²51 of 103
AD 1958≈ 269 thousand km²50 of 101
AD 1960≈ 269 thousand km²54 of 107
AD 1961≈ 269 thousand km²62 of 122
AD 1962≈ 269 thousand km²62 of 122
AD 1963≈ 269 thousand km²65 of 129
AD 1967≈ 269 thousand km²68 of 140
AD 1969≈ 269 thousand km²67 of 145
AD 1973≈ 269 thousand km²68 of 152
AD 1974≈ 269 thousand km²68 of 152

Its highest rank was in AD 1884: number 105 of 37.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Notes on how this country is shown

Parent state: Spain (colony) — drawn in a lighter shade of the parent state’s colour on the map.

Basis: Wikipedia “Spanish Sahara” (occupied and governed by Spain between 1884 and 1976) — from the 1976 frame it is Western Sahara (disputed area)

Map shape: the whole outline of Western Sahara from Natural Earth (public domain), used as a stand-in for the Spanish territory of 1884–1975

Preceded and succeeded by

Succeeded by: Morocco · Mauritania · Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Spanish Sahara (Spanish: Sahara Español; Arabic: الصحراء الإسبانية, romanized: aṣ-Ṣaḥrā' al-Isbānīyah), 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.

Wikipedia (English) “Spanish Sahara”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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