Tanger (Arabic: طنجة; Amazigh Tanja in Greco-Roman: Tingis) is a city in northern Morocco, in the western Rif region. It is the capital of the region of Tangier-Tetouan and Tangier-Asilah prefecture. Located at the northern end of the country, the city is the main gate of Morocco to Europe, which it is separated by 14 km of the Strait of Gibraltar. Its population was 974,000 inhabitants in the census of 20142. It has been dubbed the "city of strangers" due to his numerous colonizations (Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Arabs, the Portuguese, the British, French and Spanish).Location:Tangier is located in the bay of the same name, opened on the western end of the Strait of Gibraltar, about 15 km from the Spanish coast; and on the periphery of the Rif mountains.Relief, geology and hydrology:First established on the hill of the kasbah, the city of Tangier gradually spread on the mountains bordering the west towards Cape Spartel (Marshan Plateau, Old Mountain) and then along the beach, towards Cape Malabata. Despite these relieclimate:The climate is Mediterranean Tangier tempered by oceanic influence and the breath of Chergui, having four distinct seasons: soft and wet winter was warm and dry, moderately rainy inter-seasons. However the city is often subject to severe weather such as strong wind and heavy rain (eg 200 mm of rain in one day, 23 November 2008). Rainfall ranges between 700 and 1000 mm per year. For temperatures, the cold record is -4.2 ° C 28 January 2005 and for the record heat is 43.5 ° C on 1 August 2003.the site presents no significant river system.

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