Asilah
Sign in to saveAsilah () is a fortified town on the northwest tip of the Atlantic coast of Morocco, about south of Tangier. Its ramparts and gateworks remain fully intact.
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Vinony's link graph records 365 inbound references to Asilah, and connects out to Ismail Ibn Sharif, Spain and Portugal.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
Vinony files it under 1912 establishments in the Spanish Empire, 1956 disestablishments in the Spanish Empire and Populated places established in the 2nd millennium BC.
Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Asilah
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_caption
- Clockwise from top: seaside walls and cemetery of the medina; street inside the medina; Grand Mosque; seaside view of the city; coastline near the city; a roundabout in the modern town.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Morocco#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Morocco
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_total
- 31,147
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Assilah
- Country
- Portuguese Empire
- Located in
- Tangier-Assilah Prefecture
- Population
- 36039
- Elevation
- 2
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Head of government
- Mohamed Benaissa
- Image
- Asilah (36750513531).jpg
- Households
- 9745
Show 5 more facts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Asilah
- twinned administrative body
- Sintra
- native label
- ⴰⵚⵉⵍⴰ
- Commons category
- Asilah
- inception
- 1500-00-00
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Culture
- Notable landmarks
- The medina
- Walls and towers
- Grand Mosque of Asilah
- Raisuli Palace
- Sidi Mansour cemetery
- Church of San Bartolome
- Kahal Synagogue and Jewish cemetery
- Notable people
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
Asilah () is a fortified town on the northwest tip of the Atlantic coast of Morocco, about south of Tangier. Its ramparts and gateworks remain fully intact.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asilah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.