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Asilah

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.

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

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Assilah
Population: 36039
Elevation: 2
Image: Asilah (36750513531).jpg
Households: 9745

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native label: ⴰⵚⵉⵍⴰ
Commons category: Asilah
inception: 1500-00-00

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Contents

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==