Cazaza
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.Photo: Miguel González Novo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bni Chiker and Farkhana.
Bni Chiker
Town
Photo: Alielementis8, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Bni Chiker is situated 7 km east of 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. Farkhana is situated 10 km east of Cazaza.
Cazaza
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: Former Spanish coastal enclave in present-day Morocco (15th–16th century)
- Categories: abandoned village and locality
- Location: Nador Province, Oriental, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
35.27787° or 35° 16′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.0874° or 3° 5′ 15″ westOpen location code
8C7R7WH7+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 5822249087OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q12229584
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Cazaza” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غساسة”
- Arabic: “غساسه”
- Basque: “Cazaza”
- Dutch: “Cazaza”
- French: “Cazaza”
- Spanish: “Cazaza en África”
- Spanish: “Cazaza”
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