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    The Alhucemas Islands (Spanish: Islas Alhucemas, Arabic: جزر الحسيمة) is a group of islands and one of the Spanish plazas de soberanía just off the Moroccan...
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  • Alhucemas is a Spanish name which may refer to: The Moroccan Rif city of Al Hoceima The Spanish Alhucemas Islands, including Peñón de Alhucemas This disambiguation...
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    The Alhucemas landing (Spanish: Desembarco de Alhucemas; also known as Al Hoceima landing) was a landing operation which took place on 8 September 1925...
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    Manuel García Prieto, 1st Marquis of Alhucemas (5 November 1859 – 8 March 1938) was a Spanish politician who served as prime minister several times in...
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    and established a joint collaboration with Spain that culminated in the Alhucemas landing, which proved a turning point. The Spanish also used chemical...
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    Valle, Alejandro (20 December 2011). "Ceuta, Melilla, Chafarinas, Vélez y Alhucemas: tomar la iniciativa (ARI)". Real Instituto Elcano (in Spanish). Retrieved...
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    Goded led an amphibious landing at Alhucemas Bay (now Al Hoceima Bay) in what is known as the Battle of Alhucemas. It was considered as the beginning...
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    Islands Ceuta Melilla Plazas de soberanía Chafarinas Islands Peñón de Alhucemas Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera United Kingdom Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic...
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    Melilla (10.5 km; 6½ miles). Spanish islets such as the Chafarinas or the Alhucemas are located off the Moroccan coast. Historically the plazas de soberanía...
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    territories under Spanish sovereignty), such as the Chafarinas Islands and Alhucemas. The peninsula of de Vélez de la Gomera is also regarded as a plaza de...
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    Roque del Oeste Isla del Congreso Isla de Isabel II Isla del Rey Peñón de Alhucemas Isla de Tierra Isla de Mar Isla de Alborán Isla de Perejil Isla de Santa...
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    Chafarinas Isla del Congreso Isla de Isabel II Isla del Rey Islas Alhucemas Peñón de Alhucemas Isla de Tierra Isla de Mar Tabarca Illes Medes Formigues Mazarrón...
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    Valle, Alejandro (20 December 2011). "Ceuta, Melilla, Chafarinas, Vélez y Alhucemas: tomar la iniciativa (ARI)". Real Instituto Elcano (in Spanish). Archived...
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    colonel. Franco led the first wave of troops ashore at Al Hoceima (Spanish: Alhucemas) in 1925. This landing in the heartland of Abd el-Krim's tribe, combined...
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    Islands Ceuta Melilla Plazas de soberanía Chafarinas Islands Peñón de Alhucemas Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera United Kingdom Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic...
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    Islands Ceuta Melilla Plazas de soberanía Chafarinas Islands Peñón de Alhucemas Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera United Kingdom Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic...
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    Mediterranean coast: Ceuta, Melilla, Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Peñón de Alhucemas, the Chafarinas islands, and the disputed islet Perejil. Off the Atlantic...
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    lieutenant general. In 1925 he participated in the amphibious landing at Alhucemas. With the completion of the 1920 Rif War, King Alfonso XIII awarded him...
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    on May 1, 2016. "I.E.E.S. Melchor de Jovellanos s/n (B.P. 1248) 32000. Alhucemas Marruecos" - Map (coordinates 35°14'45.5"N 3°55'45.3"W) "Que hacemos."...
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    five "Grupos" based respectively in Melilla, Tetuán, Ceuta, Alhucemas and Larache (the Alhucemas Group was raised in 1921). The Regulares infantry were known...
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    word introduced by the Spaniards, since it comes from a Spanish word (Alhucemas – literally meaning "Lavenders") which is itself Andalusi in Arabic origin...
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    Islands Ceuta Melilla Plazas de soberanía Chafarinas Islands Peñón de Alhucemas Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera United Kingdom Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic...
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    hegemony in the archipelago. By the end of the 17th century, only Melilla, Alhucemas, Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (which had been taken again in 1564), and...
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    known as the presidios menores (Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, las Islas de Alhucemas, las Islas de Chafarinas). The Spanish Empire was one of the first global...
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    Islands Ceuta Melilla Plazas de soberanía Chafarinas Islands Peñón de Alhucemas Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera United Kingdom Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic...
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    1912. "Real decreto disponiendo que D. Manuel García Prieto, Marqués de Alhucemas, se encargue interinamente de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros...
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    Beaches are very scarce on the coast of the islands. Peñon de Alhucemas The Peñon de Alhucemas is an islet located in the Mediterranean Sea, 2 km north of...
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    Ceuta and Melilla, along with uninhabited islets such as the islands of Alhucemas, Vélez and Perejil to Morocco, with the Spanish refusal to do so serving...
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    Larache and La Mamora, on the Moroccan Atlantic coast, and the island of Alhucemas, in the Mediterranean, were taken, but during the second half of the 17th...
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    Revolt Battle of al-Kafr 22 July Battle of al-Mazraa 2–3 August Rif War Alhucemas landing 8 September Spanish amphibious landing including tanks and air...
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