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Berkane
Berkane ( ber, translit=Berkane, ⴱⴻⵔⴽⴰⵏ) is a city in northeastern Morocco, in the tribal area of Aït Iznasen, limited by the Mediterranean to the north, the Kis river (Moroccan-Algerian border) and Oujda Province in the east, Nador Province to the west, and Taourirt Province in the south. It is the capital of Berkane Province. Population The city recorded a population of 109,237 in the 2014 Moroccan census. The inhabitants of Berkane originate primarily from '' Aït Iznasen'', a major tribe which consists of Berber clans. The tribe's descendants are also spread over the rest of eastern Morocco, in cities like Ahfir, Saïdia and Oujda. The eastern dialect of Moroccan Arabic is spoken by most citizens, although Berber is also spoken by some people. According to the last official census, the population of the Berkane region will reach a total of 289,137 people, that is, an estimated 12.5 percent of the population of the eastern region, with a high density of 145.7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkane Province
Berkane Province (Berber: Aberkan, ⴱⴻⵔⴽⴰⵏ, Arabic: بَركان) is located in northeastern Morocco in the area of Aït Iznasen. It is bounded by the Mediterranean to its north, the Kiss Oued (Moroccan-Algerian border) and Oujda Prefecture in the east, Nador Province to the west, and Taourirt Province in the south. The Berkane Province includes under its jurisdiction the towns of Saïdia and Ahfir. The population of the city is 80,012 as of the 2004 census. The population originates primarily from Aït Iznasen, a major tribe which consists of Berber clans. The tribe's descendants are spread widely over the rest of eastern Morocco, usually in cities like Ahfir, Saïdia and Oujda. Due to recent immigration originating from all over Morocco, the eastern dialect of Moroccan Arabic is spoken by most of the citizens, although Berber is still spoken by many of the adults. Berkane is considered the capital of the citrus fruit industry of Morocco, and high-quality fresh fruit an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oriental (Morocco)
Oriental région or Oujda region ( ar, الشرق, aš-šarq; ber, ⵜⴰⴳⵎⵓⴹⴰⵏⵜ, tagmuḍant) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco, located in the north-eastern part of the country. It covers an area of 90,127 km² and has a population of 2,314,346 (2014 census) and is the easternmost region of Morocco. The capital and the largest city is Oujda, and the second largest city is Nador. The region includes 7 provinces and one prefecture. Mohamed Mhidia became wali (governor) of the region in 2015. A majority of the population of Oriental speak Moroccan Arabic (86.2%) as a first or second language. A large minority speak the Berber language, Rif-Berber language (38.4%) as a first language. Small numbers speak Eastern Middle Atlas Berber, Eastern Middle Atlas Tamazight and South Oran and Figuig Berber, Figuig Tamazight, principally in the south of Oriental. Etymology The English name ''Oriental'' is derived from the French language, French term ''L'Oriental' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fouzi Lekjaa
Fouzi Lekjaa (Arabic: فوزي لقجع; born on 23 July 1970) is a Moroccan football administrator and businessman, who is the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation since 2014, and a member of the FIFA Council since 2021. On 7 October 2021 he was appointed Minister Delegate to the Minister of Finance, responsible for the budget. Biography Fouzi Lekjaa was born in Berkane on 23 July 1970, to a middle-class family. He spent his childhood in this city where he obtained his baccalaureate before starting higher studies in Rabat. His father is a former Arabic teacher who started his career in Berkane. In 2009, Lekjaa was appointed president of the Berkane Sports Renaissance Club. Lekjaa quickly created a bond of friendship with Ilyas El Omari, club president at Chabab Rif Al Hoceima Chabab Rif Al-Hoceima, also referred to as CRA, is a Moroccan football club based in Al Hoceima, a Riffian city in northern Morocco. The club was founded in 1953 and is best known f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelkader El Brazi
Abdelkader El Brazi ( ar, عبد القادر البرازي; 5 November 1964 – 24 January 2014) was a Moroccan football goalkeeper. He started his career as a goalkeeper with his hometown's team Renaissance de Berkane, and played also for FAR Rabat and Ismaily SC Ismaily Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الإسماعيلي الرياضي) is an Egyptian professional football club, established on 20 March 1921 as El Nahda Sporting Club ( ar, جمعية نهضة الشباب المصري ) ( Egyptian pronunci .... He played for the Morocco national football team (36 matches) and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He died on 24 January 2014 after suffering from cancer for several years. References External links * 1964 births 2014 deaths Moroccan footballers Moroccan expatriate footballers Morocco international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players 1992 African Cup of Nations players 1998 African Cup of Nations players Botola players AS FAR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahfir
Ahfir (, ) is a town in Berkane Province, Oriental, Morocco, adjacent the border with Algeria. According to the 2004 census, it has a population of 19,482. The name Ahfir refers to the stone quarry which was exploited in this village founded by Hubert Lyautey at the time of the French protectorate. This village, which is inhabited by Beni Iznassen, was the gateway to the French invasion by Lyautey in 1907 leading to the imposition of the French protectorate from 1912 until 1956. The name Ahfir means "Hole" in Berberized Arabic and would refer either to the great war trenches that were dug in this territory located near the Moroccan-Algerian border before the construction of the city by Hubert Lyautey, or to the stone quarry In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included, its chemical composition, and the way in which it is formed. Rocks form the Earth's o ... that wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saïdia
Saïdia ( ar, السعيدية, translit=Al-sa'idiyya; ber, ⴰⵊⵔⵓⴷ, ''Ajrud''), known as the ''"Blue Pearl"'', is a beach town in northeastern Morocco near Berkane, in the great area of Beni Znassen. It is located in the province Berkane, near the Mediterranean Sea and at the Moroccan-Algerian border. Its 14 km (9 mile) coastline is one of the longest beaches of Morocco and is characterized by its golden sand and Mediterranean climate, making it a popular international tourist destination. It hosts numerous resorts and attractions, including private beach resorts, shopping malls, golf courses, and other sports centers. Saïdia's marina covers an area of 290,000 square meters (70 acres), with 740 berths and modern marina facilities. Tourists are attracted by its traditional folk music festival every August. It is surrounded by a natural bird preserve of marsh and woodland called Moulouya National Parc. Access to the main beach is through a eucalyptus forest. Clima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hicham El Guerrouj
Hicham El Guerrouj ( ar, هشام الݣروج, Hishām l-Garrūj; ber, ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⴻⵍ ⴳⴻⵔⵔⵓⵊ, Hisham El Gerruj; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder of the outdoor 1500 metres, mile, and 2000 metres events. He also held indoor world records for the mile and 1500 metres until 2019, and is the only man since Paavo Nurmi to earn a gold medal in both the 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the same Olympic Games. El Guerrouj is widely regarded as the greatest middle-distance runner in history and is also viewed as one of the greatest athletes of all time. El Guerrouj has also won the world championship in the 1500 meters six times: four consecutive times outdoors in 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003 and two times indoors in 1995 and 1997 and has won the World Athlete of the Year awards three times. He holds seven of the 10 fastest times ever run in the 1500 metres and in the mile. In Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aziz Bouhaddouz
Aziz Bouhaddouz ( ar, عزيز بوحدوز; born 30 March 1987) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a striker for MSV Duisburg. Early life Bouhaddouz was born in Berkane, Morocco. When he was one year old, his family moved to Dietzenbach in South Hessen, Germany. Club career Bouhaddouz started his career at FC Dietzenbach. Following a spell at SpVgg Neu-Isenburg, he joined FSV Frankfurt in 2006 who were playing in the Oberliga Hessen at the time. In February 2009, he went on a 1.5-year loan to FC Erzgebirge Aue. In 2011, Bouhaddouz joined SV Wehen Wiesbaden on a free transfer. He scored his first goal for the club in against VfL Osnabrück when he was also sent off. In summer 2012, he agreed to the termination of his contract which was due to end in 2013. In September 2013, Bouhaddouz moved to the Bayer Leverkusen reserves after being released from his contract with Viktoria Köln. He scored 24 goals in 27 matches in the fourth-tier Regionalliga West. On 5 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Morocco
In Morocco, the 75 second-level administrative subdivisions are 13 prefectures and 62 provinces. They are subdivisions of the 12 regions of Morocco. Each prefecture or province is subdivided into arrondissements (only in prefectures of some metropolitan areas), municipalities (''communes'', sing. ''commune'') or urban municipalities (''communes urbaines'', sing. ''commune urbaine'') in other urban areas, and districts (''cercles'', sing. ''cercle'') in rural areas. The districts are subdivided into rural municipalities (''communes rurales'', sing. ''commune rural''). One prefecture (Casablanca) is also subdivided into ''préfectures d'arrondissements'' (sing. ''préfecture d'arrondissements''), similar to districts (''cercles'') except they are grouping a few arrondissements instead of rural municipalities. Note: The arrondissements and (urban) municipalities should probably be thought of as fourth-level subdivisions, on the same level as the rural municipalities, but they are no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Hendouf
Mohamed Hendouf (born 15 June 1990) is a Belgian-Moroccan kickboxer, currently competing in the lightweight division of Glory. Biography and career Early career Hendouf started Kickboxing at 20 years old and became pro only 2 years later in August 2013 winning his debut fight with an impressive high kick knockout against Soufiane Mouelhi. Hendouf faced Olivier Lagarigue at the January 21, 2017 La Nuit Des Gladiateurs event, in his first fight of the year. He won the fight by decision. Hendouf next faced the two-weight WAKO world champion Chingiz Allazov at Victory – ACB KB9: Showdown in Paris on March 25, 2017. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. Hendouf faced Bilal Loukili at La Nuit Des Titans 4 on May 13, 2017, in his third fight of the year. He won the fight by decision. Hendouf faced Abdellah Ezbiri at Tiger Night on September 4, 2017. He lost the fight by decision. Hendouf made his Glory of Heroes debut against Han Wenbao at Glory of Heroes: Chengdu on January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nador Province
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Nador is a province in the Oriental Region of Morocco. Its population in 2014 was 564,943. It is situated east from Driouch Province and west from Berkane Province. Major cities and towns The major cities and towns are: * Al Aaroui * Beni Ensar / Aït Nsar * Bni Chiker * Farkhana * Ihddaden * Jaadar * Kariat Arekmane * Nador * Ras El Ma * Segangan/ Zeghanghane * Selouane * Tiztoutine * Touima * Zaio Subdivisions The province is divided administratively into the following: References Nador Nador ( Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⴷⵓⵔ) is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 161,726 (2014 census). Nador city is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a salt lagoon nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oujda Province
Oujda ( ar, وجدة; ber, ⵡⵓⵊⴷⴰ, Wujda) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco and has a population of about 558,000 people. It is located about west of the Moroccan-Algerian border in the south of Beni-Znassen (Aït Iznassen) Mountains and about south of the Mediterranean Sea coast. History There is some evidence of a settlement during the Roman occupation, which seems to have been under the control of Berbers rather than Romans. The city was founded in 994 by Ziri ibn Atiyya, Berber chief of the Zenata Maghrawa tribe. Ziri was, with his tribe, authorised to occupy the region of Fas, but feeling insecure in that region and that town, and wishing to be nearer to the central Maghrib homeland of his tribe, he moved to Ouajda, installed there a garrison and his possessions, appointing one of his relatives as governor. In the mid-11th century, a new quarter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
