Ksar el-Kebir

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Ksar el-Kebir is a historic city in northern Morocco known for its agricultural importance and as the site of the 1578 Battle of Alcácer Quibir.

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Ksar el-Kebir canonical 1
Ksar el-Kebir (Alcácer Quibir) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
administrativeRole urban commune
battleAlsoKnownAs Battle of the Three Kings
battleDate 1578-08-04
battleInvolvedCountry Morocco
Ottoman Empire
Portugal
climate Mediterranean climate
commonLanguage Berber languages
Moroccan Arabic
continent Africa
coordinateLocation 35.0000°N 5.9000°W
country Morocco
distanceTo about 120 km south of Tangier
about 30 km from Larache
economicActivity agriculture
trade
etymology name means “the great castle” in Arabic
foundedInPeriod medieval era
hasAgriculturalImportance yes
hasMarket traditional souks
hasMosque multiple neighborhood mosques
hasRailConnection yes
historicalEventLocation Battle of Alcácer Quibir
historicalName Alcácer Quibir
Alcácer Quibir
surface form: Alcácer-Quibir
knownFor Battle of Alcácer Quibir
agricultural production
cereal cultivation
olive cultivation
vegetable farming
locatedIn northern Morocco
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Larache Province
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region
locatedOnRiver Loukkos River NERFINISHED
nearbyCity Asilah
Larache
Tangier
nearHistoricalSite Loukkos archaeological area
officialLanguage Arabic
partOfRegion Loukkos valley
populationEstimate over 120000 inhabitants
railwayLine Tangier–Rabat line
religionMajority Sunni Islam
roadConnection National Route N1
regional roads to Chefchaouen
timeZone UTC+1

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

northern Morocco hasMajorCity Ksar el-Kebir
subject surface form: Northern Morocco
Portuguese expansion into North Africa hasKeyPlace Ksar el-Kebir
this entity surface form: Ksar el-Kebir (Alcácer Quibir)