Kenitra

Kenitra
/keuh nee"treuh/, n.
a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat. 135,960.

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formerly (1932–58)  Port-Lyautey 

      port city, northern Morocco. It is situated 10 miles (16 km) above the mouth of the Sebou River. Before the French protectorate was established, Kenitra (Arabic: Al-Qunayṭirah, “Little Bridge”) was a fort; the settlement and port, built by order of Marshal L.-H.-G. Lyautey (Lyautey, Louis-Hubert-Gonzalve), date from 1913. Kenitra is a shipping centre for agricultural produce (mainly fruit), fish, timber, and lead and zinc ores. The city's industrial area lies upstream of the port. Kenitra is 6 miles (10 km) east of the Mehdiya ruins, a site of foreign occupation dating back to the Carthaginian period (North Africa). The city is connected by railway and road with Sidi Kacem and Meknès and by road with Casablanca and Larache.

      Fish are caught along the Atlantic coast north of Kenitra, and cereals (primarily wheat), sheep, goats, and cattle are raised in the hinterland. The area is a major producer of citrus fruits. Pop. (2004) 359,142.

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