Fnideq ( Berber: ⴼⵏⵉⴷⵇ, ar, الفنيدق) is a town in northern

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

, on the

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coast of

M'diq-Fnideq Prefecture M'diq-Fnideq (, Berber: ⵜⴰⵖⵎⴰⵟ - ⴼⵏⵉⴷⵇ) is a prefecture in Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco. It covers an area of and recorded a population of 209,897 in the 2014 Moroccan census. The seat of the prefecture is M'diq. Geo ...

, north of the city of

Tétouan Tétouan ( ar, تطوان, tiṭwān, ber, ⵜⵉⵟⵟⴰⵡⴰⵏ, tiṭṭawan; es, Tetuán) is a city in northern Morocco. It lies along the Martil Valley and is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles so ...

. The town is also known under the Spanish name Castillejos. It is the closest Moroccan city to the

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

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Ceuta Ceuta (, , ; ar, سَبْتَة, Sabtah) is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of several Spanish territorie ...

. During the Hispano-Moroccan War of 1859, it was the location of the decisive

Battle of Castillejos The Battle of Castillejos was a battle fought on New Year's Day, 1860, between the Spanish Army of Africa under Leopoldo O'Donnell and the Moroccan Army under Mawlay Abbas in Fnideq (Castillejos) as the Spanish army attempted to capture the ci ...

Notable people

Hamza El Moussaoui Hamza El Moussaoui ( ar, حمزة الموساوي; born 7 April 1993) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Moghreb Tétouan and the Morocco national team. A youth product of Moghreb Tétouan, El Mousssaoui began ...

, international footballer *

Amin Erbati Elamine "Amin" Erbate, also known as Amin Erbati, (born 1 July 1981) is a Moroccan footballer. He played as a defender. He was part of the Moroccan 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, finishing third in group D, behind ...

, former international footballer

References

Rif Populated places in M'diq-Fnideq Prefecture {{TangerTetouanAlHoceima-geo-stub