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Larache
Sign in to saveLarache () is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast, where the Loukkos River meets the Atlantic Ocean. Larache is one of the most important cities of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Larache
- Settlement.native_name
- العرائش
- Settlement.nickname
- The Pearl of the North
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Grandes armoiries de la ville de Larache.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Morocco#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Morocco
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Larache
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded by the Phoenicians
- Settlement.established_date
- c. 12th century BC
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- El araich
- Country
- Morocco
- Located in
- Larache Province
- Population
- 133731
- Time zone
- Western European Time
- Capital of
- Larache Province
- Official website
- www.laracheenelmundo.com
- Image
- Larache seafront.jpg
- Households
- 35818
- Significant event
- Larache expedition
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- twinned administrative body
- Compiègne
- native label
- العرائش
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Larache
- Commons category
- Larache
- category for people born here
- Q9590736
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- topic's main category
- Category:Larache
- postal code
- 92000
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Sites of interest
- Landmarks
- Lixus
- Education
- Primary education
- International Schools
- Higher education
- Polydisciplinary Faculty of Larache
- Teacher Training Centre
- ISTA
- Notable people
- Sister cities
- Gallery
- See also
- References and notes
- External links
Larache () is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast, where the Loukkos River meets the Atlantic Ocean. Larache is one of the most important cities of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region.
Many civilisations and cultures have influenced the history of Larache, starting in the ancient city of Lixus during the 12th centuryBCE. Between the period of being a strategic Berber town and then a Phoenician trading centre to Morocco's independence era around the 1950s, Larache was a nexus for many cultures.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Larache” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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