Kenitra

Kenitra
القنيطرة
Avenue Mohamed Diouri, Avenue Mohamed V, Kenitra
Flag of Kenitra
Official seal of Kenitra
Kenitra is located in Morocco
Kenitra
Kenitra
Location in Morocco
Kenitra is located in Africa
Kenitra
Kenitra
Kenitra (Africa)
Coordinates: 34°15′N 6°35′W / 34.250°N 6.583°W / 34.250; -6.583
Country Morocco
RegionRabat-Salé-Kénitra
ProvinceKenitra
Founded1681
Area
 • Total
112 km2 (43 sq mi)
Elevation
26 m (85 ft)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total
431,282
 • Rank9th in Morocco
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Websitehttp://www.kenitra.ma/ar/

Kenitra (Arabic: القُنَيْطَرَة, al-qunayṭara, [alqunajtˤira], lit.'the little bridge'[2]) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is a port on the Sebou River with a population of 431,282 as of 2014.[3] It is one of the three main cities of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region and the capital of the similarly named Kénitra Province. During the Cold War, the US Naval Air Station Port Lyautey served as a stopping point in North Africa.

  1. ^ "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. ^ Team, Almaany. "ترجمة و معنى قنيطرة بالإنجليزي في قاموس المعاني. قاموس عربي انجليزي مصطلحات صفحة 1". www.almaany.com. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  3. ^ "Population légale d'après les résultats du RGPH 2014 sur le Bulletin officiel N° 6354". hcp.ma (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2015-07-11.