Tétouan facts for kids

Royal palace at Tétouan

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

Naval flag of Tétouan (1783)
Tetouani women affiliated with the Istiqlal Party
Jewish Festival in Tetouan - Painting by French artist Alfred Dehodencq (1865)
A view of the Rif mountains in Tétouan
Road linking Tetouan to M'diq
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)
An exhibit at the Tétouan Ethnographic Museum.
3rd-class carriage of the Ceuta-Tetuán Railway, circa 1930
M'diq harbour - Fishing and leisure port at Tamuda Bay
Zerka natural spot in Mount Ghorghiz - Rif Mountains.
A scene from the narrow streets of the old medina
An edifice near Bab Okla, one of the 7 main gates of the city
Tétouan Catholic Church
Riad Al Ochak public garden
Tanneries of Dar Dbagh
Souk in Tétouan (popular market)
Minaret of Zawya Moulay Abdelkader adjacent to the Phoenix building near the Royal Palace
Ruins of Alcazaba de los Adives near the former barracks of the Regulares
Kasr Rimal beach in Tamuda Bay between Fnideq and M'diq
Corniche of Martil
Smir Dam near M'diq