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Welcome to Ifrane
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As foreign tourists head to the medinas for a taste of the ‘real’ Morocco, Moroccan tourists find more favour with places such as Ifrane. Tidy, ordered and modern, it feels more like Switzerland relocated to the Middle Atlas than North Africa. Its clean air, scrubbed streets and leafy outlook make it popular with tour groups. The French built Ifrane in the 1930s, deliberately trying to re-create an alpine-style resort. It has neat red-roofed houses, blooming flower beds and lake-studded parks. It is a popular summer day trip for picnickers; in the winter, the affluent flock here to ski, and the hoi polloi come for the pure fun of throwing snowballs. The main road from Meknès is called Blvd Mohammed V and it runs through Ifrane from west to east. Most of the cafes and hotels are clustered in the centre along Rue de la Cascade and Ave de la Poste, close to the stone lion statue.
FES CITY
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ruled the Maghreb countries lie, the Old City of Fes, or Fes al Bali as it is known, appears as a round platter. Imposed over the city are the roofs of old houses, cluttered with satellite dishes, surrounded by minarets, and the leather tanneries that serve as the perpetual backdrop of all the images of the city. Established in the ninth century CE, Fes became the Moroccan capital during the Marinid rule in the 13th century, and remained so until 1912. After the political capital was moved to Rabat, Fes continued to be known as the scientific and cultural capital, particularly due to the presence of the University of Al Quaraouiyine. The university was established in 859 CE by Fatima al-Fihri, who came from the Tunisian city of Qayrawan. Today, it stands as the oldest university in the world that remains open. When the UNESCO listed the Old City as a Heritage Site in 1981, it cited it as a “living witness to a flourishing city of the eastern Mediterranean having exercised cons...
Tangier City
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Tanger is a city located in Morocco on the Gulf of the Straits of Gibraltar, 27 km from the southern tip of Spain, Tangier was built on the slopes of a limestone limestone hill, and the Old Town has been surrounded by walls since the fifteenth century. The city is connected to a network of roads and railways with Fès, Meknes, Rabat and Casablanca, with international airports and freight services with Europe. It is famous for many industries such as building materials, fishing, textile and carpets. Founded in Tangier Tangier was most probably founded by the Phoenicians. It was under Roman rule, with a famous port and commercial center until the establishment of the city of Fez in 808. The Arabs arrived in the 7th century, To be restored in 707 by Moses ben Nusair. It was under Portuguese rule in 1471 and was occupied by the English until 1684. Gibraltar was besieged by the Spanish from 1779 to 1783, and in 1844 Tangier was bombed by the French fleet as part of the French campaign ...
City of Tetouan
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Old Tetouan The city of Tetouan is located in Morocco, specifically in the great countryside on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is confined to the mountains of the countryside and Jebel Darsa. It is called the White Dove. The reason is that there is a stone statue of a white dove in the middle of the city. Which the city has witnessed over the past centuries but still retains its old Andalusian character. Information on the ancient city of Tetouan The population of the city of Tetouan The population of the city in 1971, about 141,620 people, and rose in 1982 to 205,246 people, and continued to rise until it reached in 1994 to about 277,516 people, and the latest statistics in 2014 AD The population of Al-Badr was about 320,539. Thus, the annual rate of population growth between 1971 and 1982 was 3.39%, while between 1982 and 1994 it dropped to 2.55%. Statistics showed that the population growth in the city's small urban areas was much higher than that in rural areas,...