Tétouan facts for kids
Tétouan (Arabic: تطوان, Berber languages: ⵜⵉⵟⵟⴰⵡⵉⵏ, French: Tétouan, Spanish: Tetuán) is a city in northern Morocco.
Tétouan is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea. It lies a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about 60 km (40 mi) E.S.E. of Tangier.
380,787 people lived there in the 2014 census.
The medina (old town) of Tetuan is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Images for kids
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The Battle of Tetuan, part of The 1st Conde de Lucena's Moroccan campaigns on behalf of Spain's Queen Isabella II in the early 1860s, painted by Marià Fortuny (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya)
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Souk in Tétouan (popular market)
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Ruins of Alcazaba de los Adives near the former barracks of the Regulares
See also
In Spanish: Tetuán para niños
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