The plazas de soberanía ("places of sovereignty"), also referred as "África Septentrional Española" (Spanish North Africa) or simply "África Española" (Spanish Africa) are the current
Spanish territories in continental
North Africa, bordering
Morocco. Since the
Reconquista, the
Spanish have held numerous emplacements in
North Africa. Many of them, such as
Oran, have been lost, and nowadays, with an approximate population of 143,000 people, only the
Autonomous Cities of
Ceuta and
Melilla, which constitute the two plazas mayores de soberanía (or Large Places of Sovereignty), and the
Islas Chafarinas, the
Peñón de Alhucemas and the
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, which constitute the three plazas menores de soberanía (or Lesser Sovereignty Places), still forming part of
Spain.
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