Region
Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
History
Morocco's northern tip, facing Spain across the Strait of Gibraltar. Phoenicians, Romans, Portuguese, English and Spanish all held its ports, and the Andalusians who fled Spain after 1492 shaped Tetouan and Chefchaouen.
Key dates
42
Tingis (Tangier) becomes capital of the Roman province of Mauretania Tingitana.
1471
The Portuguese take Asilah and Tangier.
1912–1956
Spanish protectorate in the north, with Tetouan as its capital; Tangier is an international zone from 1923.
