Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen is a city in northwest Morocco. It is the chief town of the province of the same name and is noted for its buildings in shades of blue, for which it is nicknamed the "Blue City".
- Town with 35,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 607 metres (1,991 feet)
- Description: Moroccan city located in the Western Rif in the Akhmas region
- Also known as“Blue City”“Chaouèn”“Chechaouèn”“Chechaouene”“Chefchaouen ⵛⴼⵛⴰⵡⵏ شفشاون”“Chichaouene”“Ech Chaouene”“Scheschauen”“Shafshawan”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Talassemtane National Park.
Talassemtane National Park
Hamlet
Talassemtane National Park is a national park in the Rif region of northern Morocco. Talassemtane National Park is situated 3½ km northeast of Chefchaouen.
Chefchaouen
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Latitude
35.1688° or 35° 10′ 8″ north
Longitude
-5.2683° or 5° 16′ 6″ west
Open location code
8C7P5P9J+GM
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Chefchaouen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشاون”
- Arabic: “جماعة شفشاون”
- Arabic: “شاون”
- Arabic: “شفشاون”
- Armenian: “Շեֆշաուեն”
- Asturian: “Chefchaouen”
- Basque: “Xauen”
- Bulgarian: “Чефчаоуене”
- Catalan: “Xauen”
- Cebuano: “Chefchaouene”
- Chinese: “契夫蕭安”
- Chinese: “紗富彎”
- Chinese: “舍夫沙万”
- Chinese: “舍夫沙萬”
- Chinese: “蕭安”
- Croatian: “Chefchaouen”
- Czech: “Chaouen”
- Czech: “Chefchaouen”
- Czech: “Šafšawán”
- Czech: “Šafšawān”
- Dutch: “Chefchaouen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شفشاون”
- Estonian: “Chefchaouen”
- French: “Chaouen”
- French: “Chefchaouen”
- French: “Ville de Chechaouèn”
- Galician: “Xauen”
- German: “Chaouen”
- German: “Chefchaouen”
- Hebrew: “שפשאוון”
- Hindi: “शेफ़शावेन”
- Hungarian: “Sefsáven”
- Indonesian: “Chefchaouen”
- Italian: “Chefchaouen”
- Japanese: “シャウエン”
- Japanese: “シャフシャウエン”
- Kabyle: “Accawen”
- Korean: “셰프샤우엔”
- Korean: “쉐프샤우엔”
- Ladino: “Xauen”
- Lithuanian: “Šefšauenas”
- Malay: “Chefchaouen”
- Mongolian: “Шефшауэн”
- Moroccan Arabic: “شفشاون”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Chauen”
- Persian: “شفشاون”
- Polish: “Szafszawan”
- Portuguese: “Chefchaouen”
- Portuguese: “Xexuão”
- Romanian: “Șafșauan”
- Russian: “Шавен”
- Russian: “Шефшауен”
- Scots: “Chaouen”
- Scots: “Chefchaouen”
- Serbian: “Шефшавен”
- Serbian: “Шефшаен”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chefchaouen”
- South Azerbaijani: “شفشاون”
- Spanish: “Chauen”
- Spanish: “La Ciudad Azul”
- Spanish: “Xauen”
- Spanish: “Xexauen”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵛⴼⵛⴰⵡⵏ”
- Swedish: “Chefchaouen”
- Tachelhit: “Ccawn”
- Tachelhit: “Cfcawn”
- Thai: “ชัฟชาวัน”
- Turkish: “Şafşavan”
- Ukrainian: “Шаван”
- Ukrainian: “Шавен”
- Ukrainian: “Шафшаван”
- Ukrainian: “Шефшауен”
- Urdu: “شفشاون”
- Vietnamese: “Chauen”
- Welsh: “Chaouen”
- Welsh: “Chefchaouen”
- Yue Chinese: “舍夫沙萬”
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