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African Algarve
Extracted from the Wikipedia article European enclaves in North Africa before 1830.
Portuguese possessions
The Portuguese presence in North Africa dates from the reign of King João I who led the conquest of Ceuta in 1415. and continued until El Jadida was abandoned in 1769. The enclaves, mostly along the Atlantic coast of Morocco, were known in Portugal as the "Algarve-Beyond-the-Sea" ('Algarve de Além-Mar'), or African Algarve, in contrast with "European Algarve".