Zeghanghane (

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: أزغنغان) is a town and municipality in the province of

Nador Nador () is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 158,202 (2024 census). The Nador Province has over 600,000 inhabitants. Nador is considered the second largest city in the Ori ...

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. It is one of the major towns of the province. According to the 2014 census, its population was 34,025.

History

Segangan is one of the earliest settlements known in the eastern region of

Rif The Rif (, ), also called Rif Mountains, is a geographic region in northern Morocco. It is bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea and Spain and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and is the homeland of the Rifians and the Jebala people ...

. Segangan played a big role in all of the Spanish invasion wars in the region starting with the first Rif War (1893). The second

Rif War (1909) The Second Melillan campaign ( ) was a conflict in 1909 in northern Morocco around Melilla. The fighting involved local Rifians, Riffians and the Spanish Army. Historical background The Treaty of Peace with Morocco that followed the His ...

actually started from Segangan under the leadership of a local figure Sharif Mohammed Ameziane. The town also witnessed and played part in the last

Rif War (1920) The Rif War (, , ) was an armed conflict fought from 1921 to 1926 between Spain (joined by History of France, France in 1924) and the Berbers, Berber tribes of the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco. Led by Abd el-Krim, the Riffians a ...

and was part of the Rif Republic till the collapse of the latter in 1926.

References

Populated places in Nador Province {{OrientalMA-geo-stub