Tetouan
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Tétouan, Morocco تطوان / تطّاون |
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 Tétouan, Morocco
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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 | |
| Country |
 Morocco
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| Region | Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima |
| Province | Tétouan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mohamed Idamar |
| Highest elevation | 673 ft (205 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 463,968 |
| • Rank | 9th in Morocco |
| • Religions | Islam |
| Racial makeup | |
| • Jebala | 60% |
| • Riffians/Ghomara | 35% |
| • Europe | 1.0% |
| • Others | 4% |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT (UTC+1) |
| Postal Code | 93000 |
| Website | The official web site |
| Official name | Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iv, v |
| Designated | 1997 (21st session) |
| Reference no. | 837 |
| State Party |
 Morocco
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| Region | Arab States |
Tétouan (from the Berber ⵜⵉⵟⵟⴰⵡⵉⵏ Tiṭṭawin, Arabic: تطوان, Spanish: Tetuán, French: Tétouan) is a city in northern Morocco. The Berber name means literally "the eyes" and figuratively "the water springs". Tétouan is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea. It lies a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about 40 mi (60 km) E.S.E. of Tangier. In 2014 the city had 463,968 inhabitants (census figure). Tétouan's civil airport Sania Ramel Airport is located 6 km to the east.
Arabic is the official language but it is not used for everyday dialogue. The city has its own dialect, a particular citadin variant of non-Hilalian Arabic which is distinct from Jebli Arabic. However, Jebli Arabic is predominant since people from the neighboring rural areas settled in the city during the 20th century rural flights. The use of Spanish and French is still widespread especially by the businessmen and intellectual elites due to past colonial ties and geographic location to Europe. The majority religion is Islam; small Christian and Jewish communities also exist.
The city is situated about 60 km east of the city of Tangier and 40 km south of the Spanish exclave of Ceuta (Sebta) and the Strait of Gibraltar. It is in the far north of the Rif Mountains. To the south and west of the city there are mountains. Tetuan is situated in the middle of a belt of orchards that contain orange, almond, pomegranate and cypress trees. The Rif Mountains are nearby, as the city is located in the Martil Valley. It is picturesquely situated on the northern slope of a fertile valley down which flows the Martil river, with the harbour of Tétouan, Martil, at its mouth. Behind rise rugged masses of rock, the southern wall of the Anjera country, once practically closed to Europeans, and across the valley are the hills which form the northern limit of the still more impenetrable Rif.
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