Nador
Nador ( Berber: Ennaḍur, Arabic الناظور ) is the capital of the eponymous province in the northeastern Morocco in the area of the western Mediterranean. Nador is one of the fastest growing cities in Morocco.
Location
Nador is located on the eastern edge of the Rif Mountains and is known for its proximity to the 12-km northern Spanish enclave of Melilla. Landscape formative lagoon Mar Chica ( Bhar Amezzyan ), lies on the western bank of Nador and the Jbel volcanoes Sebt ( Gurugú ) and Jbel Tazoud (cf. Tazoudasaurus ).
Traffic
Nador is good transport reached: There is an international airport ( IATA code NDR), which also maintains connections to Germany, one was opened in 2009 by train ( Beni Ansar Taouirt ) with connection to the main line Rabat- Oujda and an international ferry port to Almería and Marseille. Road and motorway links exist with Oujda ( about 135 km south-east ) and Guercif ( about 135 km southwest). It provides direct motorway links to Central Morocco (Fez, Meknes ) and on to the big cities on the Atlantic ( Rabat, Casablanca, Tangier ).
Airport
Nador Airport ( Aéroport French Nador -Al Aroui ) is a Moroccan airport in Nador on the Mediterranean coast. It lies in the east of the country in the area of the Rif mountains, near the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Flight connections to the German-speaking offer Royal Air Maroc (after Frankfurt and Dusseldorf ) ryanair ( Frankfurt Hahn ) and Air Arabia Maroc ( Cologne / Bonn). German Wings took on the route Cologne / Bonn- Nador by Air Berlin. As of March 30, 2012, she is operated once a week and even twice a week starting in June.
Economy
The economy of the city of Nador and its hinterland was formerly mainly from fishing and agriculture. In recent decades, the light and heavy industry (steel production, metal processing, etc. ) and the construction industry ( cement and brick factories, etc.) have been added. In addition, jobs in urban governance and infrastructure were created. In the summer months spend many Moroccan nationals from Nador who work in other European countries, their holidays in their homeland.
The location of the city, near the sea and close to the Spanish exclave Melilla are catalysts for international trade. Today, the smuggling still plays a major role for the retailer from Nador and the surrounding area with cheap goods from Melilla.
Population
The rapidly growing city had about 126,000 inhabitants in 2004; for 2013 is spoken by 160,000 people. Nador is a destination for many immigrants from the Berber areas of the Rif and Middle Atlas, make up the bulk of the urban population and work as a laborer, taxi driver and as a craftsman. Leading positions in industry, commerce, banking and administration as well as in the fields of medicine, justice, technology, education, etc., however, are mostly in the hands of Arab -born population minority.
History
In earlier centuries there were probably a pirate base. Various Muslim rulers of Morocco took advantage of the relatively flat terrain around Nador as a parade ground for its - ultimately unsuccessful - attempts to recapture Melilla.
Others
Nador is the location of the transmitter of Radio Medi 1, a major end system for long - and short- wave. At the transmitter, inter alia, includes a directional antenna for long wave, which consists of three 380 m high guyed lattice steel masts. These masts are likely to belong to the tallest structures in Africa. The location for the broadcasting of Radio Medi1 the city is 500 km west lying Tangier.
Twin Cities
- France Marseille ( France)
- Belgium Brussels ( Belgium)
- Netherlands Rotterdam ( Netherlands)
Personalities
- Mohammed Abd al - Karim Khtabi (* 1882, † February 6, 1963 ) Freedom Fighters