Tangier

For other uses, see Tangier (disambiguation).
Tangier
Flag of Tangier
Flag
Illustrative image of the article Tangier
Administration
Country Flag of Morocco Morocco
Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma Region
Tanger-Assilah Prefecture
Mayor Bachir Abdellaoui (PJD)
Governor Mohamed El Yaacoubi
Demography
Gentilé Tangerois (e)
Population 974 000 hab.1 (2014)
Geography
Coordinates 35 ° 46 '01 "north, 5 ° 48' 00" west
Location
Geolocation on the map: Morocco
See the topographic map of Morocco
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Tangier
See the administrative map of Morocco
See the documentation for the model

View of Tangier.

Town center of Tangier.
Tangier is a city in northern Morocco, in the western Rif, the second largest economic city of Morocco, capital of the region of Tangier. Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceïma. It is the capital of the prefecture of Tangier-Assilah. Located at the extreme northwest of the country on the Straits of Gibraltar, the city is located 24 kilometers from the Spanish coast. Its population is 974 000 inhabitants in the census of 20142 which places it in the third largest city of Morocco by the number of inhabitants after Casablanca and Fez.