Petit Socco
The Petit Socco, also known as the Place Souk Dakhel, or in Spanish as Zoco Chico, is a small square in the medina quarter of Tangier, Morocco.Photo: Kwikkode, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Pedestrian zone
- Description: Moroccan cultural heritage site
- Also known as: “Little Square”, “Place Souk Dakhel”, and “Souk Dakhli”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include American Legation, Tangier and Immaculate Conception Church.
American Legation, Tangier
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tangier American Legation, officially the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies, is a building in the medina of Tangier, Morocco, that formerly housed the United States diplomatic mission to Morocco. American Legation, Tangier is situated 190 metres south of Petit Socco.
Immaculate Conception Church
Church
Sidi Bou Abid Mosque
Mosque
Photo: chris-yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sidi Bou Abid Mosque is a mosque overlooking the Grand Socco medina area of central Tangier, Morocco from the southwest. It was built in 1917 and is decorated in polychrome tiles. Sidi Bou Abid Mosque is situated 340 metres southwest of Petit Socco.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laaouama.
Laaouama
Village
Laaouama is a small town and rural commune in Fahs-Anjra Province of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 20,541 people living in 3834 households. Laaouama is situated 7 km south of Petit Socco.
Petit Socco
- Categories: square and human settlement
- Location: Tangier, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Mediterranean Morocco, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
35.78555° or 35° 47′ 8″ northLongitude
-5.81048° or 5° 48′ 38″ westOpen location code
8C7PQ5PQ+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 223986242OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianWikidata ID
Q17013683
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Petit Socco” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “السوق الدخلي”
- Arabic: “سوق الدخيل”
- Dutch: “Petit Socco”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سوق الدخيل”
- French: “Petit Socco”
- German: “Petit Socco”
- Moroccan Arabic: “سوق الدخيل”
- Spanish: “Zoco chico”
- Swedish: “Petit Socco”
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