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After studying the genetic affinity of the Arabic-speaking inhabitants of Rabat, Salé, Zemmour, and Zaer, it became clear that there is a strong genetic connection between them and the Arabs of the Middle East, and that they are the product of two migrations from the Middle East and Andalusia, which confirms the recorded Arab history of this ...
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The National Photography Museum (Arabic: المتحف الوطني للفوتوغرافيا) is a Moroccan art museum dedicated to photography located in Rabat, Morocco, within the repurposed 19th-century Burj Kebir Fortress in the Ocean neighborhood.
Rabat (/ r ə ˈ b ɑː t /, also UK: / r ə ˈ b æ t /, US: / r ɑː ˈ b ɑː t /; [3] [4] [5] Arabic: الرباط, romanized: ar-Ribāṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) [2] and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million.
Arrondissement - A local-level administrative subdivision unit whose charactaristics are within a higher municipal unit (i.e.: a prefecture like Casablanca or Rabat). Rural commune - A local-level administrative subdivision unit (as the name implies) whose charactaristics are based on the countryside.
Today, the site of Chellah has been converted to a garden and tourist attraction. It is part of the metropolitan area of Rabat. The site, as part of historic Rabat, was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2012. [7] It's also notable for hosting a large colony of storks, who nest in the trees as well as on the minaret of the ruined zawiya.
The first tram network to exist in Rabat was inaugurated in 1917 and operated until 1930 when it was replaced by trolley buses. [1] The modern system is 26 km (16.2 mi) long with 43 stops. It has two lines (1 and 2) with a combined section and frequency of 8 minutes in peak hours. It has a calculated ridership of 172,000 passengers per day.
The gate's interior passage passes through four chambers and turns 90 degrees four times, constituting a complex bent entrance typical of Almohad military architecture. [7] [3] One of the chambers was originally open from above (but is sheltered by a roof today) so that the defenders could throw projectiles onto any attackers entering the gate. [3]