Tangier
Tangier طنجة Ṭanjah ⵟⴰⵏⵊⴰ / Tanja Tangiers (Tingis) | |
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 Bay o Tangier | |
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  Tangier Location in Morocco | |
| Coordinates: 35°46′N 5°48′W / 35.767°N 5.800°W | |
| Kintra |  Morocco |
| Region | Tangier-Tetouan |
| Highest elevation | 145 m (476 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| • Rank | 5t in Morocco |
Tangier or Tangiers (Amazigh: Tanja, archaic Berber name: Tinji, Arabic: طنجة) is a ceety o northren Morocco wi a population o aboot 700,000 (2008 census). It lies on the North African coast at the wastren entrance tae the Strait o Gibraltar where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. It is the caipital o the Tangier-Tétouan Region an o the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture athin that Region..
The history o Tangier is vera rich due tae the historical presence o mony ceevilizations an culturs startin frae the 5t century BC. Atween the period o being a Phoenician toun tae the unthirldom era aroond the 1950s, Tangier wis a place —an, sometimes a refuge— for mony cultural diversities. Housomeivver, it wis no till 1923 that Tangier wis attributit an internaitional status bi foreign colonial pouers, thus becomin a destination for mony Europeans an non-Europeans such as Americans an Indians alike.
Nouadays, the ceety is unnergoin rapid development an modrenization. Projects include new 5-starn hotels alang the bay, a modren business destrict cawed Tangier Ceety Center, a new airport terminal an a new soccer stadium. Tangier's economy will an aa benefit greatly frae the new Tanger-med port.
Sister ceeties
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Faro, Portugal (since 1954)
Cádiz, Spain
Liège, Belgium (since 2006)
Metz, Fraunce- Moulins, Fraunce
Dubai, Unitit Arab Emirates
Pasadena, Californie, Unitit State o Americae
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