Chefchaouen

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Chefchaouen is a picturesque Moroccan city famed for its blue-painted streets and buildings nestled in the Rif Mountains.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chefchaouen canonical 6
blue city of Chefchaouen 2
Chaouen 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
architecturalStyle Andalusian-Moroccan
climate Mediterranean climate
continent Africa
coordinateLocation 35.1714°N 5.2697°W
country Morocco
currency Moroccan dirham
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 564 metres
foundedIn 1471
founder Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rached El Alami
local Berber tribes
hasEthnicCommunity Arabs
Berbers
hasLandmark Grand Mosque of Chefchaouen
Kasbah of Chefchaouen
Outa el Hammam square
Ras El Maa waterfall
hasPostalCode 91000
historicalInfluence Andalusian refugees
Jewish refugees
knownFor blue-painted buildings
blue-painted streets
handicrafts
local markets
picturesque mountain setting
tourism
traditional Moroccan architecture
locatedIn Rif Mountains
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Chefchaouen Province
Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
surface form: Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
nearbyProtectedArea Talassemtane National Park
officialLanguage Arabic
originalFunction defensive outpost against Portuguese invasions
fortress
partOf northern Morocco
surface form: Northern Morocco
population around 40,000–50,000 inhabitants
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
handicraft production
tourism
regionallyAlsoKnownAs Chefchaouen self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chaouen
religion Islam
spokenLanguage Berber languages
French
Moroccan Arabic
Spanish
streetColorTradition blue-washed walls
timeZone CET
utcOffset +1

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

northern Morocco hasMajorCity Chefchaouen
subject surface form: Northern Morocco
northern Morocco hasTouristAttraction Chefchaouen
subject surface form: Northern Morocco
this entity surface form: blue city of Chefchaouen
Rif Mountains hasTown Chefchaouen
Rif region hasCity Chefchaouen
Rif region knownFor Chefchaouen
this entity surface form: blue city of Chefchaouen
Tétouan nearbyCity Chefchaouen
Rif hasMajorCity Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen regionallyAlsoKnownAs Chefchaouen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chaouen