Nador

Also known as Ennaḍor

Nador is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 158,202 (2024 census). It is the capital of the homonymous Nador Province with more than 600,000 inhabitants. Nador is considered the second largest city in the Oriental Region after Oujda.

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Nador is a city in Morocco that serves as the capital of Nador Province. Located in the Oriental region, it was established in 1722. The city has a population of 161,726 and consists of 43,049 households. It is situated at an elevation of 42 meters above sea level and uses the postal code 62000.

The administrative body is twinned with Amsterdam. Nador shares borders with Bouarg, Beni Ansar, and Ihddaden. The local time zone is Africa/Casablanca, corresponding to UTC±00:00 and UTC+01:00. The official name is الناضور, with the native label ‫الناظور, Ennaḍor.

Synthesized by Vinony from 50 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality: Nador الناظور
Region: Oriental ⵜⴰⵏⴳⵎⵓⴹⵜ الشرقية
Country: Maroc ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ المغرب
Population: 176,600
Timezone: Africa/Casablanca

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Air quality

60US AQIModerate

PM2.5: 17.3 µg/m³
PM10: 33.0 µg/m³

As of 2026-08-11 02:00 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

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Settlement.name: Nador
Settlement.native_name: الناظور ⵏⴰⴹⵓⵕ
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Morocco#Africa
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
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Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Morocco
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Morocco
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Oriental
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nador
Settlement.leader_name1: Slimane Azouagh
Settlement.established_date: 1722
Settlement.area_land_km2: 44

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Travel guide

Understand

To the east, Nador lies adjacent to the largest saltwater lagoon, Mar Chica, in Morocco. And, to the north, it borders the Spanish exclave of Melilla. It is at the base of the Cabo Tres Forcas peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean.

See

thumb|Nador Courniche thumb|Nador promenade

Eat

Small authentic street restaurant. Serves grilled sardines, fries and lentil soup with bread. It is cheap (19 DH) and locals use to go there. (Coordinates: 35,1765541, -2,9231576) (Update: 03/24)

Connect

- Go to the football stadium (beetween the police station and the beach) at the weekend or ask locals when there will be a match. It is super fun (even if you do not like football), since the locals have a blast and you can talk with locals about football if you want to.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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