Bni Chiker
Beni Chiker or Ait Chicher is a town in Nador Province, Morocco. At the time of the 2014 census, it had a population of 26,884. It is the birthplace of the writer Mohammed Choukri and of Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, who on 16 May 2012 was appointed Minister of Women's Rights and Government spokesperson in the Ayrault government in France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alielementis8, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 4,190 residents
- Description: Moroccan city located in the Eastern Rif in the Iqel’iyen region (Ayt Chiker)
- Also known as: “Ayt Ciker”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sidi Guariach cemetery.
Sidi Guariach cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Miguel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sidi Guariach cemetery is situated 4½ km east of Bni Chiker.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farkhana and Cazaza.
Farkhana
Town
Photo: Ángel Gutiérrez Rubio, CC BY 2.0.
Farkhana is a town in Nador Province, Oriental, Morocco. According to the 2004 census, it has a population of 10,994.
Cazaza
Hamlet
Photo: Miguel González Novo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cazaza was a Spanish enclave on the western coast of Cape Three Forks, in what is today Morocco, around 18 km from Melilla. It was here that the exiled Boabdil, last Emir of Granada, landed when he left the Iberian Peninsula in 1492. Cazaza is situated 7 km west of Bni Chiker.
Bni Chiker
- Categories: rural commune of Morocco and locality
- Location: Nador Province, Oriental, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
35.2772° or 35° 16′ 38″ northLongitude
-3.0137° or 3° 0′ 49″ westPopulation
4,190Elevation
229 metres (751 feet)Open location code
8C7R7XGP+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1884851502OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
6546075Wikidata ID
Q817275
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Bni Chiker” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آيث شيشار”
- Arabic: “بني بويفرور”
- Arabic: “بني شيكر”
- Arabic: “جماعة بني شيكر”
- Arabic: “جماعه بني شيكر”
- Asturian: “Beni Chikar”
- Asturian: “Bni Chikar”
- Asturian: “Bni Chiker”
- Basque: “Bni Chiker”
- Catalan: “Beni Chiker”
- Cebuano: “Bni Chiker”
- Chinese: “巴尼-奇克尔”
- Chinese: “巴尼-奇克爾”
- Dutch: “Bni Chiker”
- French: “Aït Chiker”
- French: “Ayt Chiker”
- French: “Beni chiker”
- French: “Beni Chiker”
- French: “Bni Chiker (Commune Rurale)”
- French: “Bni Chiker (CR)”
- French: “Bni Chiker”
- German: “Beni Chiker”
- Hebrew: “בני שיכר”
- Italian: “Ayt Chiker”
- Italian: “Beni Chiker”
- Moroccan Arabic: “بني شيكر”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bni Chiker”
- Persian: “بنی شیکر”
- Portuguese: “Bni Chiker”
- Russian: “Хад-бени-Шикер”
- South Azerbaijani: “بنی شیکر”
- Spanish: “Aït Shishar”
- Spanish: “Beni Chikar”
- Spanish: “Beni Chiker”
- Swedish: “Bni Chiker”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bni Chiker”. Photo: Alielementis8, CC BY-SA 4.0.