Mehdya
Mehdya, also Mehdia or Mehedya, is a town in Kénitra Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, in north-western Morocco. Previously called al-Ma'mura, it was known as São João da Mamora under 16th century Portuguese occupation, or as La Mamora under 17th century Spanish occupation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 16,300 residents
- Description: urban commune of Morocco
- Also known as: “Mehdya, Morocco”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tetrapod and Kasbah Mahdiyya.
Tetrapod
Stone
Photo: Sciurus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
A tetrapod is a form of wave-dissipating concrete block used to prevent erosion caused by weather and longshore drift, primarily to enforce coastal structures such as seawalls and breakwaters.
Kasbah Mahdiyya
Heath
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kasbah Mahdiyya, or Kasbah of Kenitra, is a kasbah located in Kenitra, Morocco. It is situated at the mouth of the Sebou River on the Atlantic Ocean, 8 km west of the city's train station.
Mehdya
- Category: urban commune of Morocco
- Location: Kénitra Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Mehdya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المهدية”
- Arabic: “تينزولين”
- Arabic: “جماعة مهدية”
- Arabic: “قصبة مهدية”
- Arabic: “قصبه مهديه”
- Basque: “Mehdia”
- Bulgarian: “Мехдя”
- Catalan: “Al-Ma’mura”
- Catalan: “Al-Mamura”
- Catalan: “Ma’mura”
- Catalan: “Mamura”
- Catalan: “Mehdya”
- Catalan: “San Miguel de Ultramar”
- Catalan: “São Joao da Mamora”
- Cebuano: “Mehdya”
- French: “Mehdia”
- French: “Mehdya (Commune Urbaine)”
- French: “Mehdya (MU)”
- French: “Mehdya”
- German: “Mehdia”
- Italian: “Mehdya”
- Japanese: “マディア”
- Japanese: “マハディア”
- Moroccan Arabic: “مهدية”
- Persian: “المهديه (المراکش)”
- Portuguese: “Mehdia”
- Russian: “Мехдия”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mehdya, Maroko”
- Spanish: “Mehdia”
- Spanish: “Mehdía”
- Swedish: “Mehdya”
- Turkish: “Mehdiye”
- Ukrainian: “Мегдія”
- Ukrainian: “Мехдія”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sidi Ahmed Natlah and Kasbah de Kenitra.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Mehdya”. Photo: Wafaa Tajri, CC BY-SA 2.0.