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tourism☆marocain - Tanger
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 Tanger (Arabic طنچة Tandja), is a city in northern Morocco History If we rely on Greek mythology, the city of Tangier was founded by the giant Antaeus, son of Poseidon and Gaia expect his name to Tingo (or Tinga!), Wife of the founder. Antaeus found its strength in contact with the earth, the Hercules étouffa now in the air. The tomb of Antaeus is a hill close to Tangier, Charf. Its unique geographical position and strategic, has long Tangier a coveted place where several successive civilizations and cultures. After a presence Phoenician, where he remains two small cemeteries, the city was actually founded in the fourth century BC, the Carthaginians who made a counter (Tingi). In 146 BC, the fall of Carthage, the city is attached to the Mauretania and becomes a Roman colony (Tingis) related to the province of Spain. Tangier takes such importance, it becomes, to the third century, the capital of Mauretania Tingitana. In the fifth century, Tangier is occupied by the Vandals. Freed during the reign of Justinian, in the early sixth century, it is connected to the Byzantine Empire. The Umayyad General Moussa Ibn Noussaïr interested in Tangier for its strategic position and there is only 711, will begin the conquest of Spain by troops Tarik Ibn Ziad, who Gibraltar, among others, owes its name (Jebel Tarik the mountain of Tarik). During the five centuries after the dynasties of Morocco, Arabs from Egypt, Tunisia and Spain are competing for the sovereignty of Tangier. The Idrissides, masters of Volubilis, the Umayyads of Spain confront each other about it for over a century. In the middle of the tenth century, the Fatimids in Tunisia to extend their authority. In 1075, the Almoravids become masters until 1149 when the city passes the Almohads. It s'inféode the Hafsides dynasties Tunis before becoming Merinid in 1274. After three attempts and three failures, the Portuguese will pick in 1471 and occupied for a century after which the Spaniards will pick for the soon lose the benefit of Portugal before being transferred to England in 1661 dot as provided by Catherine of Braganza her husband Charles II of England. Since 1679 Moulay Ismail (Empire Cherifien Alawites) began the siege of Tangier which was abandoned in 1684, upon a decision by Charles II considering its occupation by British troops unnecessary and too costly. Following the assistance provided by the sultan Abderrahman the Algerian emir Abd El-Kader, the French launched a raid on Tangier retaliation headed by Prince de Joinville who bombard the city in 1844 and dismantle the fortifications. The European rivalries for control of the town, door ajar on Morocco, starting in the late nineteenth century. France, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany increasing diplomatic and commercial missions to put their pawns putting the city at the centre of international rivalries. In 1880, the convention of Madrid is trying to define relations between the major powers about Morocco. Pushed by Chancellor Bulow who intends to recall how, sensational, that Germany will not be put away and that France can not change the political status of Morocco without the authorisation of a new international conference, Guillaume It landed on March 31 1905 Yacht issue in Tangiers for a few hours and denounces after an interview with the uncle of the sultan, referred French and Spanish on Morocco, causing a diplomatic crisis. In 1906, the conference of Algeciras redefines the positions of everyone in Africa recognizing the independence of the sultan and affirming the equality of signatories in the economic sphere. In 1923 negotiations led to an international zone. On 24 July 1925, the final status of Tangier is signed by the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Holland, USA, Portugal, Soviet Union and France, which will join Italy a little later. The city now has its financial autonomy. It is acquiring an international hotel, particularly a legislature composed of thirty international officials appointed by their respective consuls and nine Moroccans. In June 1940, after the French defeat, nationalist Spanish troops occupy Tangier and permitting, in March 1941, the installation of the German consulate mendoubia (residence of Mendoub) where the fleet Nazi flag. In March 1944, Spain made from the German consulate of the mendoubia before withdrawing, October 9, 1945, its troops from Tangier to regain its international status. On 10 April 1947, Sultan Mohammed V, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay Hassan (future Hassan II), declared in Tangier the first speech, which refers to a unified and independent Morocco attached to the Arab nation. In 1956, with the independence of Morocco, the conference Fedala (8 to 29 October) makes Tangiers in Morocco. A Royal Charter maintains the freedom of exchange and trade until 1960, when the Moroccan government abolished the tax advantages and Tangier finds himself with a status similar to that of other cities in the kingdom. To avoid a large capital, the port of Tangier has a free trade zone. Tangier is backed the foothills of the Rif and lies in the many bays in the Strait of Gibraltar in the north of Africa, facing the edge of Europe, it is the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, in a bay between Cape Spartel and Cap Malabata. Seaside resort famous, and the fifth largest city in Morocco after Casablanca, Rabat, Fez, Marrakesh and Meknes population of Tangier approach 650 000 inhabitants. Medina The wilaya of Tangier covers an area of 1,195 sq km, of which 863.3 sq km for the prefecture Tanger-Asilah and 331.70 sq km to the prefecture-Fahs Beni Makada, created in April 1997. Economy Second industrial centre of the country after Casablanca, the industry is diverse: textile industries, chemical, mechanical, metallurgical and naval. The city currently has four industrial zones, two of which have a status of free zone (the FreeZone Tangier Free Zone and the port). The infrastructure of the city Strait is important: a port managing the flow of goods and passengers (more than one million passengers per year) incorporating a marina and fishing port. Train station The railway connects the city with Rabat, Casablanca and Marrakesh in the south and with Fez and Oujda in the east. The highway is operational since the summer of 2005 and connects via Tangier in Fez Rabat (250 km) and Settat via Casablanca (330 km). The international airport IBN BATTOUTA is 15 km south-west of downtown. Seaside resort important, Tangier has hotel and tourist infrastructure varied, a bay delimiting the city centre by the east side and extends over more than 7 km, and a medina (old town) where there is a trade craft ( leather goods, wooden articles and money, traditional clothing and footwear…). The city of Tangier is becoming a hub of commercial maritime traffic with the construction of port Tangier Med, which aims to facilitate maritime trade. The city is experiencing a rapid exodus of other cities and regions of Morocco, which has quadrupled its population in two decades (1 million inhabitants today against |
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