Tbh honest I find the whole topic of countries owning little enclaves in other countries to be fascinating. Still evil, but also fascinating. Like you can even see in the map in the post how the UK holds on to a tiny little bit of Spain.
Enclaves makes maps more fun. I especially love that city on the Dutch-Belgiam border where there are like 20 different tiny enclaves because back in the middle ages different feudal lords owned different fields.
Well, the “huge chunk of Morocco” that they owned is actually what now is referred to as Western Sahara, and Morocco’s own claim to it is somewhat dubious since the Sahrawis claim indepence. But it is mostly under Moroccan control now.
What the fuck? Today I learned that Spain holds two cities on the African Mainland. Totally fucked.
Tbh honest I find the whole topic of countries owning little enclaves in other countries to be fascinating. Still evil, but also fascinating. Like you can even see in the map in the post how the UK holds on to a tiny little bit of Spain.
Enclaves makes maps more fun. I especially love that city on the Dutch-Belgiam border where there are like 20 different tiny enclaves because back in the middle ages different feudal lords owned different fields.
They also own the Canaries, islands off the west coast of Africa. Hell, they owned a huge chunk of Morocco for a while too.
colonialism is a fuck
Well, the “huge chunk of Morocco” that they owned is actually what now is referred to as Western Sahara, and Morocco’s own claim to it is somewhat dubious since the Sahrawis claim indepence. But it is mostly under Moroccan control now.
Tons of people who have just found out about these cities talking about “giving them back to Morocco”.
Holy shit, you can’t just “give back” someone that was never their’s (while ignoring what the people from those cities say).
Also, first Morocco should recognize the indepent Sahara. A movement that actually does exist and has been fighting for 50 years.