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Ouezzane

(Encyclopedia)Ouezzane or Wazzan both: wäzänˈ [key], town, N Morocco. It is a sacred city, the seat of an important Muslim brotherhood. ...

Kismayo

(Encyclopedia)Kismayo –o͞o [key], town (1984 est. pop. 70,000), SW Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. It is the principal town and port of the Jubbada Hoose region. Kismayo was founded in 1872 by the sultan of Zanzib...

Mogador

(Encyclopedia)Mogador: see Essaouira, Morocco. ...

Marrakesh

(Encyclopedia)Marrakesh, Morocco: see Marrakech. ...

Fez

(Encyclopedia)Fez: see Fès, Morocco.

Fas

(Encyclopedia)Fas: see Fès, Morocco.

Saffi

(Encyclopedia)Saffi: see Safi, Morocco.

Oudjda

(Encyclopedia)Oudjda: see Oujda, Morocco.

Tetuán

(Encyclopedia)Tetuán: see Tétouan, Morocco.

Wazzan

(Encyclopedia)Wazzan, Morocco: see Ouezzane.

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