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 |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 43,598 |
| 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[2]
Tourism
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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.
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[edit]- ↑ "Population légale du Royaume du Maroc répartie par régions, provinces et préfectures et communes selon les résultats du Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2024" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 7 November 2024.
- ↑ U.S. Naval Air Station, Port Lyautey, Morocco
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