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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.
Tétouan wurde im Reiseführer als ursprünglich und gut organisiert gelobt, wir empfanden es eher als langweilig.
Tétouan has also been home to an important Sephardi Jewish community, which immigrated from Spain after the Reconquista and the Spanish Inquisition. This Jewish Sephardi community spoke a form of Judaeo-Spanish known as Haketia. Some of them emigrated later to Oran (in Algeria), to South America and much later to Israel, Spain, France and Canada. Following the exodus of Jews from Arab countries after 1948, there are very few Jews left in Tétouan.
In 1913 Tétouan became the capital of the Spanish protectorate of Morocco, which was governed by the Jalifa (Moroccan prince, serving as Viceroy for the Sultan), and the Spanish "Alto Comisario" accredited to him. It remained such a capital until 1956, when Morocco regained its full independence. The medina (old town) of Tétouan is a UNESCO World Heritage site.