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6 unusual facts about Morocco


Egoz

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

Joseph Sadi-Lecointe

Between 1925 and 1927 he returned to military service as a volunteer, taking part in the Rif War in Morocco, afterwards returning to his job as chief test pilot with Nieuport Delage.

Nador railway stations

The station was opened on 10 July 2009 by King Mohammed VI, together with the town's other station Nador South and the line to Tawrirt.

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

Skhirat-Témara

Skhirat-Témara is a prefecture of Morocco.

Tadrart

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


Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori

A local newspaperman, Andrew Marschalk, who was originally from New York, sent a copy to United States Senator Thomas Reed From Mississippi who was then in town at the time, who forwarded it to the U.S. Consulate in Morocco.

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi

When Abd al-Malik became Sultan, he asked Henry III of France that Guillaume Bérard be appointed Consul of France in 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.

Ait Blal

Ait Blal is a small town and rural commune in Azilal 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.

Amghras

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

Aqesri

Aqesri is a small town and rural commune in Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture of the Souss-Massa-Drâa 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.

Argan

The Argan (Argania spinosa) is a species of tree endemic to the calcareous semi-desert Sous valley of southwestern Morocco and to the Algerian region of Tindouf in the western Mediterranean region.

AS Douanes

From 1969 to the 1980s, Racing de Casablanca of Morocco was renamed Association des Douanes Marocains.

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)

Bigoudine

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

Dar Chaffai

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

Dar El Menia

Dar El Menia is a Riad or Dar, a traditional Moroccan house built around a central courtyard and lies in the heart of Fez (Fes) Medina, former imperial capital of Morocco and the world’s largest medina.

El Koudia El Beida

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

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.

Expulsion of the Jews from Portugal

Most Portuguese Jews, thousands, would eventually leave the country to Amsterdam, Thessaloniki, Constantinople (Istanbul), France, Morocco, Brazil, Curaçao and the Antilles.

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.

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.

Fraser Tranter

In May 1998, a win in the Farmer's Walk helped Fraser towards a 2nd place finish in the UK Docklands Strongman Challenge, and this in turn led to an invite to the 1998 World's Strongest Man in Morocco.

Haddada, Morocco

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

Hilala

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

Ida Ou Moumen

Ida Ou Moumen 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.

Imi Mqourn

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

Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes

Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes (born 13 May 1952 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a former football goalkeeper from France, who earned eleven international caps for the French national team during the 1970s and was part of the French team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

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.

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.

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.

M'Zem Sanhaja

M'Zem Sanhaja is a small town and rural commune in El Kelâat Es-Sraghna Province of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region of Morocco.

Mirleft

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

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.

Ouzioua

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

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.

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.

Thomas Mack Wilhoite

Each section of the squadron drew assigned tasks on 8 November 1942, the first day of the landings; and Wilhoite flew one of five Grumman F4F-4 Wildcats which attacked the French airdrome at Rabat-Sale, the headquarters of the French air forces in Morocco.

Tissaf

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

United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs

The Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs is responsible for United States relations with the countries of the Middle East and all of the countries of North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to Morocco.

Yemenia Flight 626

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

Zofia Chądzyńska

After the war she lived in France where her husband, Bohdan Chądzyński, was a Polish consul in Lyon until 1949, then was exiled via Morocco to Argentina.


see also

Ain Blal

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

Ait Ouqabli

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

Al Khalfia

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

Anergui

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

Bni Boufrah

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

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).

Foum Oudi

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

Hassan Kettani

He was imprisoned for alleged connections to the 2003 Casablanca bombings, Kettani was pardoned vy Mohammed VI eight years later after efforts by his lawyer, human rights groups and Islamists success in Morocco's parliament.

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.

Imgdal

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

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.

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.

Ouled Cebbah

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

Ras El Ain Chaouia

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

RLEF Euro Med Challenge

All three of these teams, however, were promoted to the European Cup in 2009, so three new teams were selected for the 2009 installment: Morocco, Belgium and Catalonia.

Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche

Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche is a small town and rural commune in El Jadida Province of the Doukkala-Abda 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.

Tassegdelt

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

Tidsi Nissendalene

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

Tisfane

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

Tnine Aday

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

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.