Treaty of Paris (1900) facts for kids

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Treaty of Paris

27 June 1900 (1900-06-27)
Type	Bilateral treaty
Signed	27 June 1900 (1900-06-27)
Location	Paris, France
Original signatories	France Spain
Ratifiers	France  Spain

The Treaty of Paris was signed on 27 June 1900 between representatives of the Kingdom of Spain and the French Third Republic. The treaty delimited the borders of the Spanish colonies in the Sahara desert (Río de Oro, part of Spanish Sahara) and Equatorial Africa (Spanish Guinea) with respect to the adjoining French colonies on Africa.

History

Based on the terms of the treaty, Río Muni was relieved of all conflicting claims. Spain was left with a mere 26,000 km² out of the 300,000 stretching east to the Ubangi River which they initially claimed. Moreover, the treaty granted the French the right to pre-emptively seize all territories if Spain decided to abandon its possessions in Río Muni.

Gallery

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  Map detailing the coast of Río de Oro (part of Spanish Sahara colony) in 1896.

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  Borders raised by this treaty after 1900 of the Spanish territories of Spanish West Africa until 1956, including Río de Oro within Spanish Sahara.

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  Map of Spanish possessions in the Gulf of Guinea in 1897, before the Treaty of Paris (1900).

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  Borders after the agreement of 1900 on the land what would become Spanish Guinea (now Equatorial Guinea).

See also

In Spanish: Tratado de París de 1900 para niños

• Río Muni
• Equatorial Guinea
• History of Equatorial Guinea
• Spanish Empire
• Spanish Africa