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7 unusual facts about Morocco


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.

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.

Luis del Mármol Carvajal

This may explain their settlements and affinity with the Merinid and after the Wattasids dynasty, (وطاسيون waṭāsīyūn), ruling Fez, until, after 1554, the Saadi´s rulers, (Arabic: سعديون), from Tagmadert, at the Draa river valley, near Tidzi, near Zagora, conquered the town.

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.

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

René Maheu

He was a cultural attaché in London (1936-1939) and after teaching in Morocco (1940–1942) during World War II, he occupied a managerial post in the France-Afrique press agency in Algiers, before joining the Executive Office of the Resident-General in Rabat.

Roches Noires

Roches Noires, Morocco, an arrondissement of eastern Casablanca, in the Aïn Sebaâ - Hay Mohammadi district of the Grand Casablanca region of Morocco.


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.

Ait Ouqabli

Ait Ouqabli 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

La Fattoria 3

Barbara D'Urso confirmed to run, now an expert presenter of reality, while on location in Morocco has sent the actor Francesco Salvi.

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.

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).

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).

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.

Nzalat Laadam

Nzalat Laadam 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.

Ouijjane

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

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.

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.

Sfafaa

Sfafaa is a village and rural commune in Kénitra Province of the Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen region of Morocco.

Sidi Boubker El Haj

Sidi Boubker El Haj 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.

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.

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.

Tisfane

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

Zaggota

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


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Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan

Mr Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan participated in Training Course on Judicial Ethics organised by Royal Institute of Public Administration (RIPA), London in June 2009 Also, he visited Morocco in 2010 after an official invitation and met the Chief Justice of Morocco and Minister of Law & Justice .

Ait Bazza

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

Al Bahraoyine

Al Bahraoyine is a small coastal town bordering the Strait of Gibraltar and it is a rural commune in Fahs Anjra Prefecture of the Tangier-Tétouan 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.

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.

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.

Chami

Douar Ain Chami, settlement in northwestern Morocco somewhat to the north of the city of Meknes

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.

Cristóbal de Rojas

De Rojas designed and built the fort of Fort San Felipe on La Mamora, a Spanish possession in northern Morocco during much of the seventeenth century.

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.

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.

Haddada, Morocco

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

Imgdal

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

Lakhiaita

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

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 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.

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.

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.

Yemenia Flight 626

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