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Tangier (/ t æ n ˈ dʒ ɪər / tan-JEER; Arabic: طنجة, romanized: Ṭanjah, , ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture of Morocco.
The Tangier International Zone (Arabic: منطقة طنجة الدولية Minṭaqat Ṭanja ad-Dawliyya; French: Zone internationale de Tanger; Spanish: Zona Internacional de Tánger) was a 382 km 2 (147 sq mi) international zone centered on the city of Tangier, Morocco, which existed from 1925 until its reintegration into independent Morocco in 1956, with interruption during the Spanish ...
1661 – English Tangier (1661–1684), English colonial rule. [5] [4] 1677 – The English banished all Jews from Tangiers. [5] 1678 – City besieged by forces of Moulay Ismail. [1] 1684 – Moroccan rule begins with end of English Tangier. [3] [4] 1815 – Grand Mosque of Tangier rebuilt. [6] 1821 – American Legation building in use. 1844
Tangier was an American, Philadelphia-based hard rock band, which was active between 1984 and 1992. [1] Biography. Tangier formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...
The Mendoub, the sultan's representative, was expelled in March 1941, further undermining French influence in Tangier's affairs. [5] Map of Tangier and its harbour, 1936. Despite calls by the writer Rafael Sánchez Mazas and other Spanish nationalists to annex Tangier, the Franco regime publicly considered the occupation a temporary wartime ...
Leonardo de Ferrari's plan of the Portuguese fortifications at Tangier, c. 1655. The Wattasids assaulted Tangier in 1508, 1511, and 1515 but without success.. In 1508, future Portuguese of India Duarte de Menezes succeeded his father as captain of Tangier, a function he had already been effectively performing in his father's name since 1507. [9]
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Location of Tingis in Roman Mauretania Tingitana. Tingis (Latin; Ancient Greek: Τίγγις Tíngis) or Tingi (Ancient Berber: ⵜⵉⵏⴳⵉ), the ancient name of Tangier in Morocco, was an important Carthaginian, Moor, and Roman port on the Atlantic Ocean.