Taounate
* This article refers to the city of Taounate; for the province see Taounate Province.
Taounate (Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵡⵏⴰⵜ; تاونات; Taunat) is a town in northern Morocco, and is the capital of Tawnat Province. It is located at around 34.53583°N, -4.64°W. The town had 37,616 inhabitants as of the 2014 Moroccan census.
Taounate is located in the southern Rif Mountains, and the river Oued Sra and gorges are nearby. The town is situated on a plateau that overlooks the valley of the Oued Sra, as well as the Gargara gorges.
Taounate (Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵡⵏⴰⵜ; تاونات; Taunat) is a town in northern Morocco, and is the capital of Tawnat Province. It is located at around 34.53583°N, -4.64°W. The town had 37,616 inhabitants as of the 2014 Moroccan census.
Taounate is located in the southern Rif Mountains, and the river Oued Sra and gorges are nearby. The town is situated on a plateau that overlooks the valley of the Oued Sra, as well as the Gargara gorges.
Map - Taounate
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Country - Morocco
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In a region inhabited since the Paleolithic era over 300,000 years ago, the first Moroccan state was established by Idris I in 788. It was subsequently ruled by a series of independent dynasties, reaching its zenith as a regional power in the 11th and 12th centuries, under the Almoravid and Almohad dynasties, when it controlled most of the Iberian Peninsula and the Maghreb. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Morocco faced external threats to its sovereignty, with Portugal seizing some territory and the Ottoman Empire encroaching from the east. The Marinid and Saadi dynasties otherwise resisted foreign domination, and Morocco was the only North African nation to escape Ottoman dominion. The 'Alawi dynasty, which rules the country to this day, seized power in 1631, and over the next two centuries expanded diplomatic and commercial relations with the Western world. Morocco's strategic location near the mouth of the Mediterranean drew renewed European interest; in 1912, France and Spain divided the country into respective protectorates, reserving an international zone in Tangier. Following intermittent riots and revolts against colonial rule, in 1956, Morocco regained its independence and reunified.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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MAD | Moroccan dirham | د م. | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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AR | Arabic language |
FR | French language |