Tangier Tetouan

Tangier Tetouan is positioned at the northwest point of Morocco. The area of Tangier Tetouan is also known as the Tingitanian Peninsula. The region of is washed by the Atlantic waves to the west, the Straits of Gibralter in the north and the Mediterranean Sea in the east. It lies closest to Europe and forms the extreme northern part of the African continent.

Tangier Tetouan of Morocco has a surface area of 11570 square kilometers approximately and comprises 4 environmental units - the Bas Loukkos zone, Mediterranean coasts and basin, Tangier zone and Jbala zone. Tangier Tetouan at Morocco is composed of 2 prefectures - M'diq-Fnideq and Tanger-Asilah- and 4 provinces. The region comprises of a 100 communes with 13 communes settled in the urban region and 87 in the rurality. The population of Morocco's Tangier Tetouan sums up to 2,470,372 approximately.

Tangier Tetouan enjoys Mediterranean type of climate with 700 mm rainfall per year.

Tangier Tetouan is rich in human resource and its geographical location makes it an important social and economic center and this has contributed towards a highly developed infrastructure in the region. Tangier Tetouan in Morocco has 2027 kilometers of roadways, a highly active railway network with 642,150 commuters per year and 2 airports at Tangier-Ibn Battouta and Tetouan.

Tangier Tetouan has the most number of ports in Morocco. Tangier is a commercial port and there are a number of pleasure and fishing ports at Larache, Asilah, M'diq, Jebha, Kabila and Restinga.