Rif

The Rif, also called Rif Mountains, is a geographic region in northern . It is bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea and and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and is the homeland of the Riffians and the Jebala people.
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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.

Village
is a small town and rural commune in of the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima region of . At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 5115 people living in 912 households.

Rif

Latitude
34.8398° or 34° 50′ 23″ north
Longitude
-4.50353° or 4° 30′ 13″ west
Elevation
982 metres (3,222 feet)
Open location code
8C6QRFQW+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5132941021
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
2549315
Wiki­data ID
Q275491
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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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