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7 unusual facts about Morocco


Egoz

Egoz (ship) was a Jewish immigrant ship which sank off the coast of Morocco on January 10, 1961.

F.C. Barreirense

Beyond these presences in the European Cup of Clubs, the club also played several international matches, such as, with Tennessee and Bittebeng from the United States of America, with ABC of Nantes from France, with Union Marrocaine from Morocco, with the selection of Brazil, with the Antwerp from Belgium, with the Ignis Varese from Italy, among many other big teams.

Jean-François Zevaco

Born in Casablanca, he studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, graduating in 1945 before establishing private practice in Morocco.

Kingdom of Nekor

This kingdom comprised part of the Moroccan Rif and included the tribes of Zouagha and Djeraoua of Ibn Abī l-ʻAys, about five days' journey from Nekor, bordering on the territory of the Matmata, Kebdana, Mernissa, Ghassasa of Mt. Herek and Quluʻ Jarra belonging to the Banū Urtendi.

Nador railway stations

The railway line doesn't terminate in Nador (even when the name of the line is Taourirt-Nador) but past Nador Ville there are two more stations: Beni Ansar (or Bin Anşār) Ville and Beni Ansar Port.

The branch-line to/from Nador connects to the main east-west line near Taourirt.

Skhirat-Témara

Skhirat-Témara is a prefecture of Morocco.


Ain Blal

Ain Blal is a small town and rural commune in Settat Province of the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco.

Ait Bazza

Ait Bazza is a small town and rural commune in Boulemane Province of the Fès-Boulemane region of Morocco.

Al Khalfia

Al Khalfia is a town and rural commune in Béni Mellal Province of the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco.

Alfred Chester

He associated with Paul Bowles and Jane Bowles while in Morocco, but eventually had a falling out with them.

Anergui

Anergui is a small town and rural commune in Azilal Province of the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco.

Anougal

Anougal is a small town and rural commune in Al Haouz Province of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region of Morocco.

Arbaa Rasmouka

Arbaa Rasmouka is a small town and rural commune in Tiznit Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Arbaa Taourirt

Arbaa Taourirt is a small town and rural commune in Al Hoceïma Province of the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region of Morocco.

Bigoudine

Bigoudine is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Bni Boufrah

Bni Boufrah is a small town and rural commune in Al Hoceïma Province of the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region of Morocco.

Cabalzarite

It has also been reported from the Aghbar mine in Ouarzazate Province, Morocco.

Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth

The Sultan Moulay Ismail of Morocco had made an unsuccessful attempt to seize the town of Tangier in 1679, but ended up imposing a crippling blockade.

Cristian Jeandet

In 2007 he had a spell in Morocco with Wydad Casablanca followed by a spell with Venezuelan top league club Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana.

Diogo de Boitaca

His first name is only mentioned once : in 1515 on the list of the members of the ill-fated expedition to São João da Mamora (present-day Mehdya in Morocco) where the Portuguese lost 4,000 men.

Elkanah Settle

Dryden was obviously aimed at, and he co-operated with John Crowne and Thomas Shadwell in an abusive pamphlet entitled "Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco" (1674), to which Settle replied in "Some Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco revised" (1674).

Fotia

:The 3rd single, the music video for the single was filmed in Morocco for a TV-special aired by Mega Channel in early 1990.

Foum Oudi

Foum Oudi is a town and rural commune in Béni Mellal Province of the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco.

France–Morocco relations

After the troubled periods of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, France again showed a strong interest in Morocco in the 1830s, as a possible extension of her sphere of influence in the Maghreb, after Algeria and Tunisia.

Francisco Gómez-Jordana, 1st Count of Jordana

He was born in Madrid, the son of an officer who went on to become a Lieutenant General and one of the High Military Commissioners of Spain in Morocco.

Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean

He visited the forbidden city of Tafilalt, and eventually became commander of the Sultan of Morocco's Army.

Ida Ou Moumen

Ida Ou Moumen is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Khmis Ksiba

Khmis Ksiba is a small town and rural commune in El Jadida Province of the Doukkala-Abda region of Morocco.

La Caixa

At the end of 2007, La Caixa had 5,480 branches, of which 5,468 are located throughout Spain and two operating abroad (Warsaw, Poland and Bucharest, Romania), and 10 representative offices in Germany, Belgium, China, France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

Lakhiaita

Lakhiaita is a small town and rural commune in Settat Province of the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco.

Lamhadi

Lamhadi is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Lamrabih

Lamrabih is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Kacem Province of the Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen region of Morocco.

Lgharbia

Lgharbia is a small town and rural commune in El Jadida Province of the Doukkala-Abda region of Morocco.

Luis Bravo de Acuña

In 1609 he commanded four galleys that accompanied a ship carrying Muley Xeque, exiled king of Fez, Morocco and Sous.

Lust's Dominion

If Lust's Dominion is The Spanish Moor's Tragedy by another name, it may have been influenced by the August 1600 arrival in London of Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud, Ambassador of Muley Ahmad al-Mansur, King of Barbary or Morocco.

Megasis lesurella

It was described by D. Lucas in 1932, and is known from Morocco (including Aïn Leuh and Ifrane).

Morocco–Portugal relations

Of the 6 stand-alone fortresses, four of them only had a short duration: Graciosa (1489), São João da Mamora (1515), Castelo Real of Mogador (1506–10) and Aguz (1520–25).

Nessbeal

Nabil Sahli better known by his stage name Nessbeal (born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, on 16 August 1978) is a French rapper of Moroccan origin.

Northern Songhay languages

The sedentary varieties include Sawaq (Tasawaq) in northern Niger (with two dialects, Ingelsi in In-Gall and the extinct Emghedeshie of Agadez) and Korandje far to the north, 150 km east of the Algerian–Moroccan border at Tabelbala.

Ouijjane

Ouijjane is a small town and rural commune in Tiznit Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Oulad Aamer Tizmarine

Oulad Aamer Tizmarine is a small town and rural commune in El Kelâat Es-Sraghna Province of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region of Morocco.

Oulad Said L'Oued

Oulad Said L'Oued is a town and rural commune in Béni Mellal Province of the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco.

Oulad Yaacoub

Oulad Yaacoub is a small town and rural commune in El Kelâat Es-Sraghna Province of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region of Morocco.

Oulad Youssef

Oulad Youssef is a town and rural commune in Béni Mellal Province of the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco.

Ouled Cebbah

Ouled Cebbah is a small town and rural commune in Settat Province of the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco.

Ouzioua

Ouzioua is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Peacock blenny

Salaria pavo, the peacock blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic coast from France to Morocco; also in the Mediterranean and Black seas, introduced to the Suez Canal.

Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco

Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco (born 28 February 2007) is the second child of Mohammed VI of Morocco and his wife, Princess Lalla Salma.

Sidi Dahbi

Sidi Dahbi is a small town and rural commune in Settat Province of the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco.

Tadrart

Tadrart, a village in the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco

Tadrart, Morocco

Tadrart is a village in Agadir Ida-Outanane Prefecture in Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Tamadroust

Tamadroust is a small town and rural commune in Settat Province of the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco.

Taoughilt

Taoughilt is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Kacem Province of the Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen region of Morocco.

Tassegdelt

Tassegdelt is a small town and rural commune in Chtouka-Aït Baha Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Zaouiat Saiss

Zaouiat Saiss is a small town and rural commune in El Jadida Province of the Doukkala-Abda region of Morocco.


see also

480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing

At the time, the group was under the command of Colonel Jack Roberts and assigned to the Northwest African Coastal Air Force under the command of Air Vice-Marshal Hugh Lloyd, but they operated under the control of USN FAW-15 at Port Lyautey, French Morocco, now Kenitra, Morocco.

Afrika Korps

After the defeat at El Alamein and the Allied landings in Morocco and Algeria Operation Torch, the OKW once more upgraded its presence in Africa by creating the XC Army Corps in Tunisia on 19 November 1942, and then creating a new 5th Panzer Army headquarters there as well on 8 December, under the command of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim.

Ain Orma

Ain Orma is a small town and rural commune in Meknès-El Menzeh Prefecture of the Meknès-Tafilalet region of Morocco.

Basketball at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

Morocco: Adil Baba (77), Nabil Bakkass (79), Mounir Bouhelal (79), Jaouad Dahbi (85), Alaeddine El Asli (84), Zakaria El Masbahi (79), Marouane El Mouttalibi (82), Mohamed Hjira (81), M.F. Houari Bassim (77), Mustapha Khalfi (80), Mohamed Mouak (78), Reda Rhalimi (82)

Bou Inania Madrasa

The madrasa became one of the most important religious institutions of Fes and Morocco, and gained the status of Grand Mosque.

El Maader El Kabir

El Maader El Kabir is a small town and rural commune in Tiznit Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Estrella María Benzo Blas

With 21 years old, Estrella debuted in mid-2006 with her single "Qué Me Puede Quedar", in collaboration with the renowned Moroccan violinist Faiçal Kourrisc.

Frank H. Buck

In 1900, together with Burton E. Green (1868-1965), Charles A. Canfield (1848-1913), Max Whittier (1867–1928), William F. Herrin (1854-1927), Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927), William G. Kerckhoff (1856–1929), W.S. Porter and Frank H. Balch, known as the Amalgated Oil Company, he purchased Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas from Henry Hammel and Andrew H. Denker and renamed it Morocco Junction.

Hilala

Hilala is a small town and rural commune in Chtouka-Aït Baha Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Ida Ou Gougmar

Ida Ou Gougmar is a small town and rural commune in Tiznit Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Ida Ougoummad

Ida Ougoummad is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Imaouen

Imaouen is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Imouzzer

Imouzzer Ida Ou Tanane in Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture, Souss-Massa-Drâa, Morocco

Ismail ibn al-Ahmar

He fled al-Andalus with his father as an infant and took refuge in Morocco where he was welcomed by the rival dynasty of the Marinids.

Jorge Sampaio

His maternal grandmother Sara Bensliman Bensaúde, who died in 1976, was a of Sephardi Jew from Morocco of Portuguese origin, and his maternal grandfather Fernando Branco (1880–1940) was a Naval Officer of the Portuguese Navy and later the Foreign Minister of Portugal; Sampaio himself is agnostic, and does not consider himself a Jew.

Laattaouia Ech-Chaybia

Laattaouia Ech-Chaybia is a small town and rural commune in El Kelâat Es-Sraghna Province of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region of Morocco.

Moroccan Arabic

In the troubled and autocratic Morocco of the 70s (known as the years of lead), the legendary Nass El Ghiwane band wrote beautiful and allusive lyrics in Moroccan Arabic which were very appealing to the youth even in other Maghreb countries.

Oued El Makhazine

Oued El Makhazine is a small town and rural commune in Kénitra Province of the Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen region of Morocco.

Sidi El Hattab

Sidi El Hattab is a small town and rural commune in El Kelâat Es-Sraghna Province of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region of Morocco.

Tisfane

Tisfane is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Yemenia Flight 626

The bodies of the Moroccans were sent to Morocco, while the Ethiopian was sent to Addis Ababa.

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Yusuf was an effective general and administrator, as evidenced by his ability to organize and maintain the loyalty of the hardened desert warriors and the territory of Abu Bakr, as well as his ability to expand the empire, crossing the Atlas Mountains onto the plains of Morocco, reaching the Mediterranean and capturing Fez in 1075, Tangier in 1079, Tlemcen in 1080, and Ceuta in 1083, as well as Algiers, Ténès and Oran in 1082-83.