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tetouan madina

Tetouan or Tittawin (Berber: Tiṭṭawin, Arabic: تطوان, Spanish: Tetuán, French: Tétouan) is a city in northern Morocco. The Berber name means literally "the eyes" and figuratively "the water springs". Tetouan 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 40 mi (60 km) E.S.E. of Tangier. In 2004 the city had 320,539 inhabitants (census figure). Tetouan's civil airport Sania Ramel Airport is located 6 km in the East.

Arabic is the official language but it is not used for everyday dialogue. Moroccan Darija-Arabic is predominant while a minority uses Tarifit language (a Northern Berber language) in their daily life. The use of Spanish and French is still widespread especially by the businessmen and intellectual elites. Its main religion is Islam but there are minorities of Christians.

The medina (old town) of Tétouan is on the World Heritage List of the UNESCO.[2] The inner city is very characteristic and traditional. One can find many white houses there, especially low houses. Everywhere in the city there are people performing their craftsmanship, like weavers, jewellers, leather workers. Street sellers often try to sell carpets to tourists as we

Un joyau andalou

La ville de Tétouan est située sur la pointe nord du Maroc, tout près du sud de l'Andalousie.

La médina de la ville, classée au Patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco depuis 1997, fut construite à partir du VIIIe siècle. Son architecture témoigne de l'influence de l'Espagne dans cette région.

Le quartier d'El Ensanche, notamment, à l'ouest de la médina, à des allures typiquement andalouses avec ses bâtiments de 5 étages, au rez-de-chaussée desquels sont aménagés des commerces.

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