Rif
The Rif, also called Rif Mountains, is a geographic region in northern Morocco. It is bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea and Spain and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and is the homeland of the Riffians and the Jebala people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 982 metres
- Description: Mediterranean region of northern Morocco limited to the south by the Atlas region
- Also known as: “Atlas Rifain”, “Chaine du Riff”, “Er Riff”, “Rif Mountains”, “Riff”, “Riff Atlas”, “Riff Highland”, and “Riff Mountains”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taghzout.
Taghzout
Village
Taghzout is a small town and rural commune in Al Hoceïma Province of the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 5115 people living in 912 households.
Rif
- Categories: area and landform
- Location: Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.8398° or 34° 50′ 23″ northLongitude
-4.50353° or 4° 30′ 13″ westElevation
982 metres (3,222 feet)Open location code
8C6QRFQW+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 5132941021OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Walloon—“Rif” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Rif”
- Arabic: “الريف”
- Arabic: “جبال الريف”
- Aragonese: “Rif”
- Asturian: “Rif”
- Basque: “Rif”
- Belarusian: “Эр-Рыф”
- Bengali: “রিফ পর্বতমালা”
- Bengali: “রিফ পর্বতশ্রেণী”
- Breton: “Rif”
- Bulgarian: “Риф”
- Catalan: “Rif”
- Cebuano: “Er Rif”
- Chinese: “里夫山脈”
- Croatian: “Rif”
- Czech: “Ríf”
- Danish: “Rifbjergene”
- Dutch: “Rifgebergte”
- Esperanto: “Rif-montaro”
- Esperanto: “Rif”
- Finnish: “Rif”
- French: “Rif marocain”
- French: “Rif”
- Galician: “Rif”
- Georgian: “ელ-რიფი”
- German: “Rif”
- German: “Rifgebirge”
- Hebrew: “ריף (אזור)”
- Hebrew: “ריף”
- Hungarian: “Rif-hegység”
- Icelandic: “Rif”
- Indonesian: “Rif”
- Italian: “Rif”
- Japanese: “リーフ地方”
- Kabyle: “Arrif”
- Kabyle: “Da Arif”
- Kirghiz: “Риф”
- Korean: “리프산맥”
- Ladin: “Rif”
- Ladino: “Rif”
- Lithuanian: “Rifo kalnai”
- Malay: “Rif”
- Moroccan Arabic: “الريف”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Riffjellene”
- Norwegian: “Riffjellene”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Rif”
- Persian: “ریف”
- Polish: “Rif”
- Portuguese: “Rif”
- Portuguese: “Rife”
- Romanian: “Rif”
- Russian: “Риф”
- Russian: “Эр-Риф”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rif”
- Slovenian: “Rif”
- Spanish: “El Rif”
- Spanish: “Rif”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⵔⵉⴼ”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⵔⵔⵉⴼ”
- Swedish: “Rifbergen”
- Tachelhit: “Rrif”
- Tamil: “ரிப் மலைத்தொடர்”
- Turkish: “Rif Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Ер-Риф”
- Urdu: “ریف”
- Venetian: “Rif”
- Walloon: “Rif (montinnes)”
- Walloon: “Rif”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jebel Tidirhine and Azaghar Cemetery.
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