Cintra Bay
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Cintra Bay or the Gulf of Cintra is a large, half-moon shaped bay on the coast of Río de Oro province, Western Sahara. It is located about 120 km south of Dakhla. Its coastline is sparsely populated,
One of the settlements adjacent to Cintra Bay
Ifni War
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The Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War in Spain, was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents that began in November 1957 and culminated with the abortive
Cintra Bay
…was originally called "St. Cyprian's Bay" but was renamed after Gonçalo de Sintra. The Treaty of Angra de Cintra of 1958, which led to the end of the War of Ifni, was named after Cintra Bay. The bay occupies 29 nautical miles between Punta del Pescador and Lagouira bay, and in general is open and very shallow…
Six Spanish non-commissioned officers, most of them corporals, stand in the head beach of Sidi Ifni, moments after having disembarked. 31 December 1957