Moulay Bousselham is a town in

Kénitra Province Kenitra Province ( ar, إقليم القنيطرة) is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra. Its population in 2014 is 1,067,435. It covers 3,052 square kilometers. The major cities and towns are: * Arbaoua * Kenitr ...

Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Rabat-Salé-Kénitra ( ar, الرباط-سلا-القنيطرة, ar-ribāṭ salā al-qunayṭira; ber, ⴻⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ-ⵙⵍⴰ-ⵇⵏⵉⵟⵔⴰ, eṛṛbaṭ sla qniṭra) is one of the twelve administrative regions of Morocco. It is ...

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. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 5,693.

History

In the center of local history are the (partly legendary) episodes about a man who came from

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in the middle of the 16th century and was killed in the

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(August 4, 1578). He was then buried in the coastal town, which resulted in several miracles. Later, a small mausoleum (koubba) was built over his grave, which is visited by many pilgrims every summer. As a result, other "holy men" came here, whose dome tombs are scattered across the town. Since the 1960s, the

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has developed into a

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, where today many Moroccans, but also Europeans, spend a few hours or days on the beach.

References

Populated places in Kénitra Province Rural communes of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra {{RabatSaléKénitra-geo-stub