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With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain agreed to withdraw its presence from the territory of Spanish Sahara.
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Madrid Accords
1975 treaty between Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania to end Spanish presence in the Sahara
The Madrid Accords, formally the Declaration of Principles on Western Sahara, was a treaty between Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania setting out six principles which would end the Spanish presence in the territory of Spanish Sahara and arrange a temporary administration in the area…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Spanish Sahara
Former Spanish colony and province
Spanish Sahara, officially the Spanish Possessions in the Sahara from 1884 to 1958, then Province of the Sahara between 1958 and 1976, was the name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it was occupied and ruled by Spain between 1884 and 1976. It had been one of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)