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Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 32 million and an area just under 447,000 square kilometres (173,000 sq mi). Its capital is Rabat, and its largest city is Casablanca. Morocco has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches...
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Casablanca
Casablanca (in Arabic: الدار البيضاء ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʼ as well as کازابلانکا Kāzāblānkā; Spanish for white (blanca) house (casa) ; nicknamed by locals: Caza; Antique and original name in Amazigh: Anfa /) is a city in western Morocco, located on the...
Marrakech
Marrakech or Marrakesh (Amazigh: Murakush, Arabic مراكش Murrākush), known as the "Red City", is an important and former imperial city in Morocco. It has a population of 1,070,838 (as of 2004), and is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic...
Atlas Mountains
The Atlas Mountains (Arabic: جبال الأطلس) are a mountain range across a northern stretch of Africa extending about 2,500 km (1,500 miles) through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The highest peak is Jbel Toubkal, with an elevation of 4,167 metres (13...
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Rabat
Rabat (Arabic الرباط, transliterated ar-Rabāṭ or ar-Ribāṭ), population 2 million (2007 estimate), is the capital of the Kingdom of Morocco. It is also the capital of the Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer region.
The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at...
Menara International Airport
Marrakech-Menara Airport (Arabic: مطار مراكش المنارة) (IATA: RAK, ICAO: GMMX) in Marrakech, Morocco, is an international facility that receives some European flights as well as flights from Casablanca and some of the Arab world nations.
The airport...
Lagouira
Lagouira (La Agüera or La Güera) or La Gouera is a town on the Atlantic coast at the southern tip of Western Sahara, on the western side of the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. By 2002, it had been abandoned and partially overblown with sand, inhabited...
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Agadir
Agadir (Arabic: أغادير Aġadīr or Agadīr, Berber (Amazigh): ) is a major city in southwest Morocco, capital of the Agadir province (MA-AGD) and the Sous-Massa-Draa economic region (#13).
The word Agadir means in Berber "wall, masoned wall enclosing a...
Tangier
Tangier or Tangiers [pronounce] (Ṭanja طنجة in Berber and Arabic, Tánger in Spanish, Tânger in Portuguese, and Tanger in French) is a city of northern Morocco with a population of about 700,000 (2008 census). It lies on the North African coast at...
Mohammed V International Airport
Mohammed V International Airport (IATA: CMN, ICAO: GMMN) (French: Aéroport international Mohammed V; (Arabic: مطار محمد الخامس الدولي; transliterated: Matar Muhammad al-Khamis ad-Dowaly) is an airport operated by ONDA (National Airports Office)....
Fes
Fes or Fez (Arabic: فاس [Fās], French: Fès) is the third largest city in Morocco, after Casablanca and Rabat with a population of 946,815 (2004 census). It is the capital of the Fès-Boulemane region.
Fes, a former capital, is one of the country's...
Tétouan
Tétouan (from the Berber language meaning springs / Arabic: تطوان / Spanish: Tetuán), also spelled Tetuan, sometimes Tettawen or Tettawin, is a city in northern Morocco. It is the only open port of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles south...
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Meknes
Meknes (Arabic: مكناس) is a city in northern Morocco, located 130 kilometres (81 mi) from the capital Rabat and 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Fes. It is served by the A2 expressway between those two cities and by the corresponding railway. Meknes was...
Oujda
Oujda (Arabic: وجدة) is a city in eastern Morocco with an estimated population of half a million. The city is located about 15 kilometers west of Algeria and about 60 kilometers south of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the Oriental...
Tiznit
Tiznit or Tiznet (Arabic: تزنيت, Berber: ) is a town in the southern Moroccan economic region of Sous-Massa-Draa (#13), founded in 1881 by the sultan Hassan I. It has a population of approximately 50,000. Tiznit is well-known for its silver jewelry...
El Aaiún
El-Aaiún (also transliterated "Laâyoune" or "El Ayun"; Arabic: العيون, transliterated al-ʾAyūn), is a city in Western Sahara founded by the Spanish in 1928. Managed by Morocco since 1976, El-Aaiún is the capital of the Moroccan region of Laâyoune...
Smara
Smara, also Semara (Arabic: سمارا), is a city (50,000 in 1999) in the Moroccan-Administered Western Sahara, with a population estimated at 42,056.
The largest city in its province, Smara was founded in the Saguia el-Hamra as an oasis for travellers...
Dakhla
Dakhla (Dajla), or ad-Dakhla (Arabic: الداخلة) (formerly Villa Cisneros, which is its current name in Spanish), is a city in the Western Sahara with about 67,468 inhabitants. It is about 550 km south of El Aaiún on a narrow peninsula of the...
Al Massira Airport
Agadir - Al Massira Airport (Arabic: مطار المسيرة; transliterated: Matar al-Maseera) (IATA: AGA, ICAO: GMAD) is an international airport serving the city of Agadir in Morocco.
In 2007, Al Massira International Airport served 1,502,094 passengers....
Ouarzazate
Ouarzazate (Berber: Warzazat, Arabic: ورزازات) (called The door of the desert), is a city and capital of Ouarzazate Province in the Souss-Massa-Draâ of southern-central Morocco. As of 2004 it had a population of 56,616. Ouarzazate is located at an...
Ouezzane
Ouezzane (also Wazan and Uessen) (Arabic: وزان) is a town in northern Morocco, north of Fes, with a population of approximately 57,972 (2004).
The city is well known in Morocco and throughout the Islamic world by being a spiritual capital for it...
Nekor
Nekor (N'kor in the Berber language (نكور in Arabic)) is a town in the Rif of Morocco. It was the capital of the medieval Kingdom of Nekor, and was founded by Emir Idris ibn Salih between 749 and 761 AD, and became the capital in the reign of his...
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Ksar-el-Kebir
Ksar el Kebir (Arabic, القصر الكبير) is a city in northwest of Morocco with 110.000 inhabitants, about 160 km from Rabat, 32 km from Larache and 110 km from Tangier.
The name of the city is also known as Al Qasr al Kabir or Alcazarquivir in Spanish...
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Kenitra
Kenitra (Arabic name: القنيطرة, transliterated: Al-Qonaitirah, the little bridge) is a city in Morocco, formerly known as Port Lyautey. It is a port on the Sebou River, has a population of approximately 374,041 (2005 census), and is the capital of...
El Jadida
El Jadida (Amazigh: Mazghan, Arabic:الجديدة) is a port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, in the province of El Jadida. It has a population of 144,440 (2004 census). From the sea, El Jadida has a very un-Moorish appearance; it has massive...
Larache
'Larache'(also El Araich) العرائش in Arabic is an important harbour town in the region Tanger-Tétouan in northern Morocco. It was founded in the 7th century when a group of Muslim soldiers from Arabia extended their camp at Lixus onto the south bank...
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Cape Bojador
Cape Bojador or Cape Boujdour (Arabic: رأس بوجادور, pronounced Rā's Būjādūr in Arabic) is a headland on the northern coast of Western Sahara, at 26° 07' 37"N, 14° 29' 57"W. (Various sources give various locations: this is from the Sailing...
Al Hoceima
Al Hoceima is a city and port in the north of Morocco and in the center of the Rif Mountains. The Al Hoceima city region has a population of 395.644 (2004 census). It is the capital of the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region. It is situated in the...
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Sidi Ifni
Sidi Ifni (Arabic: سيدي إفني) is a city located in southwest Morocco, next to the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 20,000 people. The economic base of the city is fishing.
Sidi Ifni is the main town on the Atlantic coast between Agadir and...
Jbel Toubkal
Jebel Toubkal (Tubqal) is a mountain peak in southwestern Morocco, located in the Toubkal National Park. At 4,167 metres, it is the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains and in North Africa. It is located 63 km south of the city of Marrakech, in the...
Bou Craa
Bou Craa (Bo Craa, Bu Craa, Boukra) is a town in the Saguia el-Hamra region of northern Western Sahara, south and slightly east of the city of El Aaiún. It is inhabited almost entirely by employees of the Moroccan-controlled Bou Craa phosphate...
Tarfaya
Tarfaya (طرفاية) is a city (5615 (2004)) on the southwestern coast of Morocco. It is a port town, which shares its name with the general lower region of Morocco (the Tarfaya Strip).
It was known as Villa Bens during Spanish colonization. In the...
Bou Regreg
The Bou Regreg (Arabic: أبو رقراق) is a river located in western Morocco which discharges to the Atlantic Ocean between the cities of Rabat and Salé. The estuary of this river is termed Wadi Sala.
The river is 240 kilometres long, with a tidal...
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Safi
Safi (French: Safi, Arabic: آسفي) is a city in western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean. The capital of the Doukkala-Abda Region, it has a population of 284,750 (2004 census), but is also the centre of an agglomeration which has an estimated 793,000...
Imlil
Imlil is a small village in the high Atlas Mountains of Morocco. It is located 1740 meters above sea level. A portrait of Imlil and the problems and prospects of Morocco's mountain populations appeared in 1984 ( James A. Miller, Imlil, Westview...
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Nador
Nador (Amazigh:Nnadur ) is a northeastern Moroccan city located in the Rif region. The city is a Mediterranean port on the Bhar Amezzyan (Mar Chica in Spanish) lagoon and a trading centre for fish, fruit, and livestock. It is linked to the Spanish...
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Taroudant
Taroudant (Arabic: تارودانت) is a Moroccan city located in the Sous Valley in the southern part of the country. It is situated east from Agadir on the road to Ouarzazate and south from Marrakech. It can be easily visited as a day trip from Agadir...
Ben Slimane
Ben Slimane (Arabic: بن سليمان) is a town in Morocco, in the Province of Ben Slimane. The town, previously known as Boulhaut, is the capital of the province, and is between the cities of Casablanca and Rabat. Ben Slimane is also known as "The Green...
Ouzoud Falls
Ouzoud Waterfalls (French: Cascades d'Ouzoud) (110 m high) are located in the Grand Atlas village of Tanaghmeilt, in the province of Azilal, 150 km north-east of Marrakech, in Morocco.
It is the most visited site of the region. In the vicinity,...
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Salé
Salé (Amazigh: Sla, Arabic: سلا; from the Berber word asla, meaning "rock") is the twin city to Rabat, capital of Morocco. Today it is home to just over 900,000 people, mostly impoverished factory workers. It was once a self-contained, self-ruled...
Oum Er-Rbia River
Oum Er-Rbia (Arabic: أم الربيع, the mother of spring), is a river in central Morocco. The river is 555 km long and is the longest in the country. With an average water debit of 105 m/s, Oum Er-Rbia is the second largest river in Morocco after the...
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Tafilalt
Tafilalt or Tafilet (Arabic: تفيلالة) is a region and the most important oasis of the Moroccan Sahara; it is also considered one of the largest oasis in the world, the oasis is entirely located along the Ziz River. The oasis is ten days' journey...
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Taza
Taza (in arabic: تازة) is a city in northern Morocco, about 100 km east of Fez. It has a population of 139,686 (2004 census) and is the capital of Taza Province.
Taza city, (تازة) north-central Morocco. Located south of the Rif Mountains, the city...
Martil
Martil (Arabic: مرتيل) is a sea resort north east of Tetouan, Morocco in the Mediterranean Sea. The resort constitutes the end of the Martil Valley. In region Tangier-Tétouan
The name Martil comes from the Spanish name of Rio Martin at the time of...
Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen or Chaouen (Berber: Accawn, Arabic: الشاون, Spanish: Chauen) is a city in northwest Morocco. It is the chief town of the province of the same name, and is noted for its buildings in shades of blue.
Chefchaouen is situated in the Rif...
Settat
Settat (Arabic: سطات) is a town in Morocco between the national capital Rabat and Marrakech. Settat is located at the heart of the country, south of Casablanca. Settat is the capital of the prefecture of Chaouia-Ouardigha and Settat province, the...
Berkane
Berkane (Arabic: بركان) is a city in the northeastern Morocco in the area of Thrifa, limited by the Mediterranean to its north, the Kiss Oued (Moroccan-Algerian border) and the wilaya of Oujda in the east, the wilaya of Nador in the west and the...
Guelmim
Goulimime Airport Guelmim (Arabic: كلميم, also spelt Goulimine or Guelmin), is a town in southern Morocco, often nicknamed Gateway to the Desert (la porte du désert). The population of the city is 95,749 (2004 census). It is the capital of the...
Alcacer Ceguer
Alcácer Ceguer is the Portuguese name for a stronghold in Morocco also known as Al Qsar as-Seghir (Arabic: القصر الصغير) or Alcazarseguer in Spanish. It is located in the Straits of Gibraltar, between Tangier and Ceuta and translates as small city...
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Azemmour
Azemmour or Azamor (Arabic: أزمور; from Berber azemmur, i.e. "The Olives") is a Moroccan city, on the left bank of the Oum Er-Rbia River, 75 km southwest of Casablanca. Although it was a dependency of the King of Fez, Azemmour had great autonomy....
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Ifrane
Ifrane (Amazigh: Ifran) (nicknamed Little Switzerland) is a town and ski resort in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco (population 13,000 in December 2008). Ifrane is 1665 metres (5,460 ft) in altitude and is part of the Meknès-Tafilalet region. In...
Beni Mellal
Beni-Mellal (Arabic: بني ملال) is a Moroccan city located at (32°20′22″N 6°21′39″W / 32.33944°N 6.36083°W / 32.33944; -6.36083). It is the capital city of the Tadla-Azilal Region, with a population of 163,286 (2004 census). It sits at the foot...
Sebou River
Sebou (Arabic: سبو) is a river in northern Morocco. The river is 458 kilometres long and has an average water flow of 137 m/s. The Sebou is the largest by volume and the second longest river in the country (after the Oum Er-Rbia River). The source...
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Bir Lehlou
Bir Lehlou (Bir Lehlu, Arabic: بير لحلو) is a small town in north-eastern Western Sahara, east of the border wall, in Polisario-held territory.
The Sahrawi Republic, an exiled government seated in Tindouf, Algeria, claims it as its interim capital, ...
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Auserd
Ausert or Auserd is a town in Oued-Dahab Laguera province in the Moroccan administered part of Western Sahara. The number of permanent structures in Auserd is low, as many residents follow the traditionally nomadic Bedouin lifestyle of the Sahrawis,...
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Beni Amir
Fkih ben salah (Beni Amir) is a small Moroccan town situated 200 kilometres from Casablanca. Its principal activity is agriculture. The Beni Amir region has historical and strategic significance, a fact noted by early French settlers, as the town is...
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