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Chafarinas Islands

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The Chafarinas Islands are a group of three small Spanish islets in the Alboran Sea off the coast of Africa, covering a combined 0.525 square kilometers about 45 kilometers east of Nador and 3.3 kilometers off the Moroccan town of Ras Kebdana. The islands are uninhabited except for a Spanish Army garrison, and Morocco claims the group as part of its territory, making it one of the disputed North African possessions of Spain known as plazas de soberania. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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    The Chafarinas Islands, also spelled Zafarin, Djaferin or Zafarani, are a group of three Spanish small islets located in the Alboran Sea off the coast of Africa with an aggregate area of 0.525 square kilometres (0.203 sq mi), 45 km (28.0 mi) to the east of Nador and 3.3 km (2.1 mi) off the Moroccan town of Ras Kebdana.
  • Category: Natura 2000 in Spain
    Wikipedia category: Natura 2000 in Spain
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