French Protectorate of Morocco (Arabic: حماية فرنسا في المغرب Himaïet Fransa fi El-Maghreb; French: Protectorat français du Maroc) was a French protectorate in Morocco, established by the Treaty of Fez. French Morocco did not include the north of the country, which was a Spanish protectorate. It existed from 1912, when a protectorate was formally established, until Moroccan independence (2 March 1956), and consisted generally of the area of Morocco between Fez and Rabat south to Mogador, (current day Essaouira). The establishment of the French protectorate of Morocco followed centuries-long France-Morocco relations.
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