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Ksar El Kebir
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco · Africa
About Ksar El Kebir
Ksar El Kebir sits on the route: 20 minutes from Arbaoua.
Ksar El Kebir is in Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco, with about 140,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Arbaoua, about 12 km away.
Ksar el-Kebir (Arabic: القصر الكبير, romanized: al-Qaṣr al-Kabīr, Spanish : Alcazarquivir), also known as al-Qasr al-Kabir, and Alcazarquivir is a city in northwestern Morocco, about 160 kilometres (99 mi) north of Rabat, 32 kilometres (20 mi) east of Larache and 110 kilometres (68 mi) south of Tangier. It recorded aRead more
population of 124,701 in the 2024 Moroccan census.
The name means "the big castle". The city is located nearby the Loukous River, making El-Ksar-el-Kebir one of Morocco's richest agricultural regions. El-Ksar el-Kebir provides almost 20% of the needed sugar of Morocco.
Neighbouring cities and towns include Larache, Chefchaouen, Arbaoua, and Tatoft.
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Where is Ksar El Kebir?
Ksar El Kebir is in Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco, about 12 km from Arbaoua.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 138,262
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Morocco
- Region
- Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
- Timezone
- Africa/Casablanca
- Coordinates
- 35.0004, -5.9038
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Royal Gendarmerie (outside cities): 177.
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