Tétouan
Tetuan تطوان / تطّاون Tettawen | |
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Coordinates: 35°34′N 5°22′W / 35.567°N 5.367°WCoordinates: 35°34′N 5°22′W / 35.567°N 5.367°W | |
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Region | Tangier-Tétouan |
Province | Tétouan |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Mohamed Ideêmar |
Highest elevation | 205 m (673 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 320,539 |
• Rank | 10t in Morocco |
• Religions | Islam |
Racial makeup | |
• Jebala | 60% |
• Riffians/Ghomara | 35% |
• Europe | 1.0% |
• Ithers | 4% |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Postal Code | 93000 |
Website | The offeecial wab steid |
Offeecial name | Medina o Tétouan (umwhile kent as Titawin) |
Teep | Cultural |
Criteria | ii, iv, v |
Designatit | 1997 (21st session) |
Reference no. | 837 |
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Region | Arab States |
Tétouan (frae the Berber ⵜⵉⵜⴰⵡⵉⵏ, Arabic: تطوان, Spaingie: Tetuán, French: Tétouan) is a ceety in northren Morocco. The Berber name means leeterally "the eyes" an figuratively "the watter springs". Tetouan is ane o the twa major ports o Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea. It lees a few miles sooth o the Strait o Gibraltar, an aboot 40 mi (60 km) E.S.E. o Tangier. In 2004 the ceety haed 320,539 inhabitants (census figur). Tetouan's ceevil airport Sania Ramel Airport is locatit 6 km tae the east.
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