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Azrou - Morocco
Azrou is a Moroccan city located 89 km south of Fez, in the region of Fez-Meknes. It owes its name to a large rocky peak situated in the center of the city (Azrou in Berber means stone, rock or rock). The town of Azrou, with a population of almost 81,000 inhabitants, is a municipality in the province of Ifrane, located in a strategic highway linking the Middle Atlas and the High Atlas by Midelt via Timahdit and the Plain of Tadla by Khénifra. Azrou is a city of altitude (1,250 m) lined with mountains planted with holm oaks and cedars of the Atlas. The surroundings of the city are rich in biodiversity symbolized by a famous cedar tree, macarques of barbarism and wonderful butterflies unique in the world. The urban quality of Azrou bears the stamp of the European style (roofs in red tile).
Show more Al Hoceïma - Morocco
Al Hoceïma called in the Taghzout language Rif or Tijdit is a city located on the northeast coast of Morocco (Mediterranean Sea), in the center of the Rif region. By 2014, according to the census, it has 55,000 inhabitants. The city experienced an uprising of the Moroccan rebellion led by the chief Abdelkrim Al Khattabi before experiencing a Spanish landing in 1925, during the Rif war. Ajdir, which was the capital of the Republic of the Rif, is located 10 km south of Al Hoceima. In 2004, the city was struck by a violent earthquake. The Al Hoceima National Park covers an area of 47,000 ha and includes a land portion and a part of the sea, Alhucemas Bay (or Al Hoceima Bay). It encompasses the best preserved coastal sites on the north Moroccan coast, high cliffs and the mountainous hinterland of the Rif. The simultaneous presence in the park of three species of dolphins, common dolphin, blue and white dolphin and dolphin, is a remarkable fact in the Mediterranean. It also offers shelter for very rare species such as the Audouin's gull and the monk seal, a species in the process of quasi-extinction in the Mediterranean Sea. The bay of Al Hoceïma also has many islands, such as the tiny islands of Sabadiya and especially many small rocky islets. The island Peñón de Alhucemas has the peculiarity of being under Spanish sovereignty.
Show more Oujda - Morocco
Oujda is a city located in the north-east of Morocco, bordered to the north by the eastern Rif. Its proximity with the port of Nador and with Algeria (at a distance of 5 km of the borders) allows it to be a crossing point between Morocco and Algeria. The city has a population of 494 252 inhabitants, according to the latest general population census in 2014, making it the 8th largest city in Morocco. The medina of Oujda was founded in 994, near the plain of the Angads, by Ziri Ibn Attia, head of the tribe of the Maghraouas (tribe Berber Zenet of the Aures), who settled there his court. The city of Oujda enjoys a Mediterranean climate with a mild winter cold and rainy and a hot summer.
Show more Tiznit - Morocco
Tiznit is a city in southern Morocco in the Souss-Massa region. The population of the city, which was 74,699 inhabitants in 2014, is largely Berber. The city is located 80 km south of Agadir and at a distance of 15 km from the Atlantic Ocean. Souss-Massa National Park is immediately north of the city. The city was restored in 1882 by the Alawite sultan Hassan I who provided it with a long wall still encircling the old Medina. El Mechouar Square is one of the centers of the city with the palace of Sultan Hassan I in front of the building where the representative of the French army was installed under the French protectorate. Tiznit has acquired a great reputation for its silversmithery, whose fibula is the flagship symbol.
Show more Larache - Morocco
Larache is a Moroccan city in the region of Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma. It is known as the ancient Lixus. It is located in northern Morocco about 86 kilometers south of Tangier. Near Larache lie the ruins of Lixus, a Carthaginian and Roman port, on the other bank of the Lukkos River. At the end of the Middle Ages, Larache was founded as a result of the Arab conquest. Portuguese documents of the fifteenth century mention Larache as the major port of Morocco. But in 1491 the Portuguese of Assilah and Tangier depopulated the city, which remained empty until it was taken over by the Sultan of Fez, Mohamed es Said Shech Sheik, who built a fortress below the Lukos River and fortified the port. The Kasbah, built in 1491, became a fortress for the pirates. Finally, the Spaniards obtained the city in 1610, holding it until 1689 date at which it was taken over by Moulay Ismail.
Show more Asilah - Morocco
Assilah or Azila, a port in the north-west of Morocco with about 30,000 inhabitants, some 40 kilometers south of Tangier, in the Tangier-Assilah prefecture, Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma region. Today it is a seaside resort frequented by Moroccans and Europeans. Every year, from 20 June to 15 July, personalities, artists, politicians and visitors meet at the Hassan II Center and at the Raissoun Palace for the annual cultural festival called "Moussem". The history of the city goes back to the Carthaginian period under the name of Zelli, then Roman under the name of Zilis. It was occupied by the Portuguese in 1471 who named it Arzila and built a stronghold there, with a dungeon and a vast enclosure and in a few years they transformed it into an important commercial and strategic trading post. The city was taken over by the Moroccans after the battle of the Three Kings by the Sultan Saadien Ahmed el-Mansour.
Show more Saidia - Morocco
Saïdia, originally called Ajroud, a real name in Amazigh, and nicknamed "the blue pearl", is a commune and town (municipality) of the province of Berkane, belonging to the Eastern Rif. Saïdia is situated on the plain of Triffa, diminutive of Tarifacht (Rifaine in Amazigh), in the extreme north-east of Morocco, on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea, on the border between Morocco and Algeria. The commune is bordered to the west by the Moulouya, to the south by the Guern-el-Chems mountains and to the east by the wadi Kiss which marks the border between Morocco and Algeria. Saïdia is an ideal refuge for thousands of citizens of the Oriental. Its coastline has one of the longest beaches in Morocco, characterized by its fine golden sand and its Mediterranean climate. It is now a popular international destination served by three international airports: Oujda-Angad, 50 km, Nador-Aroui, 70 km, and Melilla, 75 km away.
Show more Nador - Morocco
Nador is a Mediterranean town in northeastern Morocco. It's located in the eastern Rif region, in the administrative region of the Oriental. The city is adjacent to the lagoon of Nador (also known as Mar Chica). The lagoon of Mar Chika is a very large expanse of seawater that stretches over 23 km in length and about 7.5 km in its maximum width. Its agglomeration is bordering the occupied city of Melilla in the suburb of Beni Ansar. Nador and its suburbs (Beni Ansar, Al Aroui, Selouane, Zghenghane) represent the biggest economic zone of eastern Morocco. They host various industrial activities, a port, commercial activities, marina (Mar Chica). Its economic activity is mainly related to the steel industry as well as to fishing. There is also a project (under construction) of a future new big port named Nador West Med. Its international airport, Nador Aroui, is the largest in the Oriental region, surpassing Oujda airport in terms of traffic. In addition, the resort of Mar Chica is planned to be the largest of Morocco and will make Nador a very interesting tourist destination. The surroundings of Nador is also known of its beautiful and charming beaches.
Show more Tafraout - Morocco
Tafraout or Tafraoute is a small Berber-speaking village of the Anti-Atlas of Morocco located 180 km south of Agadir in the heart of the Ammelne valley. It is surrounded by a myriad of rocks of pink granite of various shapes, famous for its colors, rising above a palm grove which houses argan trees, and plantations of almond trees and olive trees. In spring, the valley of Tafraout offers a magnificent spectacle when the almond trees are in bloom. The villages in the region rely mainly on agriculture and livestock as their main source of income. Green tourism has been gradually developing in recent years with associations and cooperatives for women in agriculture, such as Aguerd-Oudad, whose aim is to produce and market argan oil and aromatic herbs, as well as amelou ( Almonds roasted and ground based on argan oil).
Show more Kenitra - Morocco
Kenitra is a Moroccan city on the Atlantic coast, 40 km north of Rabat. It is one of the most important cities in the Kingdom, with 800,000 inhabitants. Located on the southern bank of the Sabo River, 12 kilometers from the estuary of the Atlantic Ocean at the Mahdia holiday resort, the city is located at the junction of the main and important trade routes between the cities of the east and north of the Kingdom and its center (Fez, Tetouan, Tangier, Rabat and Casablanca) Like the economic capital of Casablanca and unlike other cities for comparison. Kenitra is located ten kilometers east of the ruins of Mahdia, which dates back to the Carthaginian period where the Phoenicians stayed in the first millennium BC in what was known as the "Thamouseda". Kenitra derives its name from the small arch that stretched over the Fouarate lake, which was destroyed in 1928. The French colonial authorities named the city "Port Leoti" in 1933 and recovered its real name after the restoration of Morocco's independence from France in 1956 and knew the Portuguese occupation in 1515 and Spain in 1614, Sultan Mawla Ismail succeeded in liberating the castle in 1681.
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