Place:Kenitra, Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen, Morocco

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NameKenitra
Alt namesKenitra provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates34.583°N 6.333°W
Located inGharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen, Morocco
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Kenitra ( 1913 - )
Moulay Bouselham
Sidi Slimane
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Kenitra is a city in north western Morocco, formerly known as Port Lyautey from 1932 to 1956. It is a port on the Sebou river, has a population in 2014 of 431,282, is one of the three main cities of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region and the capital of the Kenitra Province. During the Cold War Kenitra's U.S. Naval Air Facility served as a stopping point in North Africa. Kenitra is a province.

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