Bouknadel
Sidi Bouknadel
سيدي بوقنادل | |
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| Coordinates: 34°08′00″N 6°44′00″W / 34.1333°N 6.73333°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Rabat-Salé-Kénitra |
| Province | Salé Prefecture |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Bouknadel (Tamazight: ⴱⵓⵇⵏⴰⴷⵍ, Arabic: بوقنادل) is a town on the Atlantic coast of Morocco situated slightly to the north of Rabat and south of Kenitra. The locale is the site of a former U.S. Naval Radio Transmitter Communications Station (USNRST Bouknadel Morocco). The Naval Airstation was near the town of Kenitra, formerly known as Port Lyautey[1] Earliest permanent settlement of this area is evidenced at the Phoenician and Roman settlement of Chellah slightly to the south on the banks of the Oued Bou Regreg.[2][3]
Tourism
Bouknadel became a prime tourism place for foreigners with the development of the beach front property and community developed by prestige the development includes beach front property's on the plage de nations, a PSG soccer training camp, a shopping center and more still in development. Bouknadel is also home to Morocco's arboretum the Exotiques De Bouknadel.
See also
References
- ↑ U.S. Naval Air Station, Port Lyautey, Morocco
- ↑ C.Michael Hogan, Chellah, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham
- ↑ Bouknadel, Morocco Page. Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Morocco
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