Villa Sanjurjo in English) is a city located on the Amazigh Rif northeast coast of Morocco (Mediterranean Sea). It has about 83,100 inhabitants and 256,723 (in the town of Al Hoceima). This city has experienced a English landing in 1925: the landing of Al Hoceima.
Its climate is Mediterranean: Summer is hot and dry, winters rainy and cool.
oriented towards fishing and tourism, Al Hoceima is located in the Rif mountain range extending from low Tetouan (near Tangiers) to the border of Algeria and the Rif tribes of Ayt and Iznassen Ikebdanane.
Al Hoceima, which is one of the largest resorts in Morocco and North Africa, is located off many islands, such as tiny islands Sabadia and especially many small rocky islets.
Al Hoceima is a city best known for his history of the city rebelled against colonial power English was headed Abdel'karim Al Khattab (after the tribe cdl waryegh) President of the Republic of the Rif and tribal rebel and she is also known for our beautiful Mediterranean beaches (Quemado Sfiha, Calabonita, Tara Youssef, Cala Iris , Matadero, Imoud, Izdi, Sswani, Spalmadiro, boussekkour ....).
the night of Monday to Tuesday, February 24, 2004, a violent earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 degrees on the Richter scale devastated parts of the city and other small towns nearby, such Imzouren. The final toll of this earthquake that shocked the Moroccan of 629 dead, 926 injured and 15,230 homeless, according the press release dated 04.03.2004 of the Minister of Communication Nabil Benabdallah. An extensive program of infrastructure relocation and has since been launched well over the ambition to repair the damage suffered by the earthquake.
source: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hoceima
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