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Border Between Algeria And Morocco

Border between Algeria and Morocco
Features
Delimits	Algeria Morocco
Total length	Depending on the position on Western Sahara : 1559 or 1 601 km
Specials	Land and sea, 42 km on the Western Sahara
History
Creation	1845 ( Treaty of Lalla Maghnia ) Algeria
Current route	15 January 1969 ( Treaty of Ifrane ) Morocco 17 May 1970 ( Treaty of Tlemcen ) Algeria 15 June 1972 ( Convention of Rabat ) Morocco
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The land border between Algeria and Morocco is a border continued international long 1559 kilometers. 28 May 1992 , the House of Representatives of Kingdom of Morocco has ratified turn the 1972 treaty defining the border with Algeria.

Morocco claims the disputed territory of Western Sahara , also adjoining, according to this claim the border between Algeria and Western Sahara (42 km) does not exist and the border between Algeria and Morocco is 601 km long by 1.

The land border remains closed to all traffic since 1994 ^History

Before the French occupation

1557 , Hassan Pasha pushes the raids of the sultan of Morocco saadien Mohammed al-Shaikh on Tlemcen before him assassinated to enforce the border between the kingdom Saadien and Regency of Algiers at the Oued Moulouya. This boundary will be respected for over a century before the Alawite sultan of Morocco Moulay Ismail is able to expand its territory until the Tafna ^{French Period}

Border between Morocco and Algeria in 1963
- The modern border between Algeria and French Morocco was the first time defined the 18 March 1845 by the Treaty of Lalla Maghnia following the Battle of Isly won by Marshal Bugeaud. This treaty involved the northern boundary to Teniet-Sassi 120 kilometers from the Mediterranean , the south has not yet been colonized by the French.
- In 1903 the General Lyautey based Colomb-Bechar outpost against Morocco and the struggles of Shaykh Bouamama. The Moroccan authorities claim that Bechar has been built on their territory.
- 1912 a new administrative boundary of said line is drawn between Varnier Figuig and Tiberiatine.
- The region of Tindouf is conquered by the French in 1934 it is also claimed by the Kingdom of Morocco.
Since the independence of Morocco

The " Greater Morocco "claimed by the Istiqlal (ambition abandoned following the Treaty of Ifrane, which officially recognizes the Moroccan-Algerian borders)
- 1956 , Allal El Fassi leader of the Istiqlal outlines his theory of Greater Morocco and says the claim against the Tuat , Bechar and Tindouf.
- 6 July 1961 , agreement between Hassan II and Ferhat Abbas, President of GPRA stating that the Moroccan claims will be discussed after the independence of Algeria.
- From 1 October to 5 November 1963 , the sands of war. Truce signed in Bamako.
- May - July 1966 , incidents following the nationalization of the mines of Gara Djebilet by Algeria.
- 15 January 1969 , The Treaty of friendship and good neighborly cooperation of Ifrane .
- July 1970 , establishing a joint commission on demarcation.
- 15 July 1972 , signed between the Algerian President Houari Boumedienne and the Morocco's King Hassan II of the border agreement decided by convention a month earlier.
- 17 May 1973 , ratification by the Algerian meeting.
- 28 May 1992 , the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Morocco ratifies in turn the 1972 treaty defining the border with Algeria.
- 1994 , following the attack in Marrakesh Moroccan decision to impose visas to Algerian nationals, Algeria closed its border with Morocco.
- 31 July 2004 , access to Moroccan territory is no longer subject to the formalities of visa.
- 2005 : the visa to enter Algeria was lifted in turn.
- 2008 on Morocco wants normalization with Algeria.
Features
The border between Algeria and Morocco, whose route was set in 1972 by an agreement , ratified in 1992 only by Morocco, remains a subject of dispute: prudence, its route is not shown The Michelin map of Morocco 1 / 1000000 ^e; plots reported by other publishers are dotted below ^the 34th parallel and contradictory: Rough Guides map shows a path similar to that of the Convention cited above that marketed by the French IGN deviates significantly.
North
- The border between Morocco and Algeria begins at the north by Oued Kiss on nearly 48 kilometers to a few kilometers from the border post of Zoudj Baghel between the towns of Oujda (Morocco) and Maghnia (Algeria). It begins at its mouth on the Mediterranean Sea separating the cities of Saidia (Morocco) Marsa Ben M'Hidi (Algeria).
- After bypassing the town of Oujda , the border found a natural barrier with massive Beni Snous and Beni Bou Said , which extend to the east side of Algeria.
- Following a path more or less straight Frontier wife partly curves of the Oued Bou Larjam in the arid valley of Chott El Gharbi (salt lake) in the wilaya of Naama. It extends with one hand the arid Moroccan side and the plain side Algerian steppe.
Hamada Guir
- Then what are Ksours Mountains foothills of the Saharan Atlas to serve as a natural border with the exception of the enclave formed by the region of the Oasis of Figuig.
- East-West lineage of nearly 160 km long north of Bechar until Oued EchChair along which it descends south about forty miles up the Wadi Guir.
Hamada du Draa
- She left in a linear fashion on a east-west over nearly 80 km before returning south through the Guir Hamada. The border is marked with a light massive Algerian side and the dunes Marzouga the Moroccan side.
- Then around 200 kilometers on a north-east - south-west along the rocky foothills of the Daura Hamada up Dayet Ahrbor and Draa Valley.
- It is the Oued Draa which extend over 380 km boundary to the meridian 8 40 'west.
- Finally to finish the runs down from 116 kilometers along the row by 8 40 'west to the border triangle between Algeria, Morocco and Western Sahara.
References
1. humanitarian exceptions, see eg Algeria - Morocco: the reopening of borders is not for tomorrow
2. http://www.joradp.dz/JO6283/1969/011/FP81.pdf
3. See the link on the UN website
See also
Related articles
External Links
- Agreement in Rabat on 15 June 1972 on the delimitation of the state border established between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Algerian People's Democratic Republic (UN website)
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