Tangier
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Tangier is a place located in the country of Morocco . It was established in 401 BC . As of 2024, the population of Tangier is 1.3M [1].
The area of Tangier is 199.5 , and it has an elevation of 80 . This provides a general idea of the geography of the place.
Tangier operates on the time zone of UTC±00:00 , which helps in coordinating activities and events.
The combination of its population, area, and time zone makes Tangier a unique location within Morocco .
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tangier-Assilah Prefecture[3]
- Country: Morocco[4]
- Head of government: Mounir Laymouri[5]
- Instance of: big city[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Bizerte[7], Faro[8], Algeciras[9], Cádiz[10], Liège[11], Casablanca[12], Metz[13], Moulins[14], Pasadena[15], Mumbai[16], Beaugency[17], Saint-Denis[18], Aartselaar[19], Saint-Josse-ten-Noode[20]
- Postal code: 90000[21], 90010[22], 90020[23], 90030[24], 90040[25], 90050[26], 90060[27], 90070[28], 90080[29], 90090[30], 90100[31]
- Commons category: Tangier[32]
- Local dialing code: 5399[33]
- Inception: 401 BC[34]
- Official website: https://tanger.ma/[35]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tangier[36]
- Commons gallery: Tanger[37]
- Population: 947,952[38], 1,275,428[39]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[40], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[41], Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis[42], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[45], The New Student's Reference Work[46], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[47], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[48], Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15)[49]
- Capital of: Tangier-Tetouan[50], Tangier-Assilah Prefecture[51], Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima[52]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tangier[53]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tangier[54]
- Number of households: 362,062[55]
- Demonym: Tangéroise[56]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Tangier include tangerine[57], a taxon[58]; Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport[59], an international airport[60], in Morocco[61]; and Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima[62], a region of Morocco[63], in Morocco[64], founded in 2015[65].
Why It Matters
Tangier has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] Tangier is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]
Entities named for Tangier include tangerine[57], a taxon[58]; Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport[59], an international airport[60], in Morocco[61]; and Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima[62], a region of Morocco[63], in Morocco[64], founded in 2015[65].