Province de Khenifra is a State/Province of Morocco
khenifra was a French protectorate from 1912, remaining a Kingdom, and
achieved independence in 1956. It then took control over Tangier,
formerly an international city. The northern area of khenifra was
under a Spanish protectorate concurrently. khenifra annexed Western
Sahara in the 1970s, which had been a colony under the Spaniards since
the 19th century. Previous to that it had been an area of khenifra
influence, but
this has not been recognized by many nations. khenifra was the first
nation to recognize the fledging American republic in 1777 and has the
oldest non-broken friendship treaty with the country, the
Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship, which has been in effect since
1783. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the American signatories.
The United States legation (embassy) in Tangier, now a museum, is one
of the oldest official American buildings outside the US.
