French Morocco

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French protectorate former colony former political entity

French Morocco was a French protectorate in North Africa (1912–1956) that encompassed much of present-day Morocco and served as a key colonial administrative and economic center for France.

Aliases (6)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French protectorate → former colony → former political entity →
administrativeCenter	Rabat →
appliesToPartOf	present-day Morocco →
colonialAdministrationLanguage	French →
colonialPower	French Fourth Republic → French Third Republic →
country	France →
currencyUsed	Moroccan franc →
economicActivity	phosphate mining → port trade through Casablanca →
economicRole	key colonial administrative center for France → major source of agricultural exports →
educationSystemControlledBy	French authorities →
endTime	1956 →
establishedByTreaty	Treaty of Fez →
flagUsed	French tricolour → green pentagram on red field (Moroccan flag) →
governmentType	protectorate →
hasCapital	Rabat →
headOfStateTitle	Sultan of Morocco →
includesCity	Casablanca → Fez → Marrakesh → Tangier →
independenceMovement	Moroccan nationalist movement →
independenceRecognizedBy	France →
independenceYear	1956 →
languageUsed	Arabic → French →
legalStatus	protectorate under nominal Moroccan sovereignty →
locatedIn	Africa → North Africa →
neighbour	Algeria → Spanish Morocco → Spanish Sahara →
notableResidentGeneral	Charles Noguès → Hubert Lyautey →
partOf	French colonial empire →
predecessor	Sultanate of Morocco →
railwayDevelopmentBy	France →
religionMajority	Sunni Islam →
representedBy	French Resident-General →
sharesTerritoryWith	Spanish Morocco →
startTime	1912 →
successor	Kingdom of Morocco →
treatyDate	30 March 1912 →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
French North Africa ("French Protectorate of Tunisia") → French North Africa ("French Protectorate of Morocco") →	includes
AFN ("French Protectorate in Morocco") → Rif War ("French protectorate in Morocco") →	relatedTo
French Algeria ("French protectorate of Morocco") →	borderedBy
Bab Bou Jeloud ("French Protectorate in Morocco") →	builtDuring
French Moroccan Goumiers ("French protectorate of Morocco") →	colonialStatus
Casablanca Conference →	country
Serge Haroche ("French Protectorate in Morocco") →	countryOfBirth
French North Africa ("Moroccan independence") →	decolonizationEvent
Casablanca Conference ("French Protectorate in Morocco") →	historicalRegion
Advisory Opinion on the Nationality Decrees in Tunis and Morocco ("French Protectorate in Morocco") →	involvedTerritory
Rick Blaine →	locatedIn
Alaouite dynasty ("French Protectorate in Morocco") →	maintainedRuleDuring
Ilsa Lund →	setInCountry
The Desert Song (1929 film) →	setting
Casablanca →	settingCountry