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2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Precolonial Situation
2.3 Colonial Occupation
2.4 The Creation of Colonial Boundaries
2.5 Border location
2.6 Libya's borders
(a) The Ghat region
(b) The Aozou Strip
2.7 Algeria's borders
(a) The Tunisian border
(b) The Saharan borders
2.8 Morocco's borders
(a) Borders with Algeria
i) The Treaty of Lalla Marnia
ii) The Varnier line
iii) From Figuig to the Dra
iv) The Tringuet line and the Limite operationnelle
v) The 1963 border war and the 1972 treaty
(b) Spanish imposed borders
2.9 The Problem of Territorial Sovereignty
2.10 The Consequences
2.11 References

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Frontiers in North Africa

George Joffe

From Boundaries and State Territory in the Middle East and North Africa. MENAS Press, 1987
© 2002, revised version used by permission of the author

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