Alhucemas Islands
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| Waters | Mediterranean Sea | |
| Geographical location | 35 ° 13 ′ N , 3 ° 54 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 3 | |
| Main island | Peñón de Alhucemas | |
| Total land area | 0.046 km² | |
| Residents | 350 (2002) | |
The Alhucemas Islands (also Alhukemas Islands ) are a Spanish group of islands in the western Mediterranean off the northern coast of Morocco .
geography
The group consists of the three islands of Peñón de Alhucemas , Isla de Mar and Isla de Tierra . They are only 40 to 400 m off the Moroccan coast, not far from the beach of Sfiha. Around four kilometers to the northwest is the Moroccan city of the same name, Al-Hoceima (Spanish: Alhucemas).
The Spanish military operates a small garrison with 350 soldiers on Peñón de Alhucemas , otherwise the islands are uninhabited; there is no harbor, only an anchorage is available.
history
The islands were ceded to Spain by the regional sultan during the Turkish Wars in 1560. In 1921, Abd el-Krim tried to take it during the Rif War. When Morocco gained independence in 1956, Spain retained the islands, as well as some others, and combined them into a plaza de soberanía . You belong to the European Union .
In the summer of 2012, around 90 sub-Saharan refugees landed on Isla de Tierra.
photos
Main island of Peñón de Alhucemas
