Al Hoceima is a Moroccan port on the Mediterranean Sea, and it is the main city in the Rif. Satellite image The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ... This is about a region in Morocco: RIF is also an acronym/initialism. ...

Al Hoceima port

The Spanish started to develop Al Hoceima from 1925, then known as Villa Sanjurjo, named after the general that landed there during the Rif Rebellion that was led by Abd al-Karim Al-Khattabi against Spanish and French colonial rule in North Africa. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Time Magazine, August 17, 1925 Abd el-Krim (c. ... North Africa is a region generally considered to include: Algeria Egypt Libya Mauritania Morocco Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara The Azores, Canary Islands, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Madeira are sometimes considered to be a part of North Africa. ...

The town and surrounding villages were hit by a large earthquake (6.5 on the Richter scale) on February 24, 2004. More than 560 people were killed. Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a sudden and sometimes catastrophic movement of a part of the Earths surface. ... The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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