Tétouan
Moroccan city located in the Western Rif
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Summary
Tétouan is an urban commune of Morocco[1]. Tétouan ranks in the top 2% of urban commune of morocco entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,421 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3], Organization of World Heritage Cities[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tétouan Province[5]
- Country: Morocco[6]
- Instance of: city[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Santa Fe[8], Granada[9]
- Postal code: 93000[10]
- Commons category: Tetouan[11]
- Official website: http://www.tetouan.ma[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tétouan[13]
- Population: 277,516[14], 320,539[15], 380,787[16], 422,757[17]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], Meyer’s Universum, Neunter Band[22]
- Capital of: Tétouan Province[23]
- Heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site[24]
- Official name: تطوان[25], Tétouan[26]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tetouan[27]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tétouan[28]
- Number of households: 53,405[29], 68,821[30], 92,606[31], 113,837[32]
- Native label: Tetwān تطوان[33], ⵜⵉⵟⵟⴰⵡⵉⵏ[34]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Tétouan[35]
- Elevation above sea level: 90 m[36]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Morocco[37], WikiProject Cities[38], WikiProject Anthropology[39]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Tétouan include Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima[40], a region of Morocco[41], in Morocco[42], founded in 2015[43] and Plaça de Tetuan[44], a square[45], in Spain[46], founded in 1863[47].
Why It Matters
Tétouan has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Tétouan is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Entities named for Tétouan include Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima[40], a region of Morocco[41], in Morocco[42], founded in 2015[43] and Plaça de Tetuan[44], a square[45], in Spain[46], founded in 1863[47].