Diabat is a village in western

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

near the coast of the

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about five kilometres south of the city of

Essaouira Essaouira ( ; ), known until the 1960s as Mogador (, or ), is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marrakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast. It has 77,966 inhabitants as of 2014. The foundation of the city of Essaouira was the work of t ...

. (Ellingham, 2007) The

Bordj El Berod Bourj El Baroud is a ruined watchtower located somewhat south of the mouth of Oued Ksob near Essaouira, Morocco. This structure is located on a broad sandy beach directly across from Phoenician ruins at the southeast tip of the main islet of Ile ...

is a

ruin Ruins () are the remains of a civilization's architecture. The term refers to formerly intact structures that have fallen into a state of partial or total disrepair over time due to a variety of factors, such as lack of maintenance, deliberate ...

watchtower A watchtower or guardtower (also spelt watch tower, guard tower) is a type of military/paramilitary or policiary tower used for guarding an area. Sometimes fortified, and armed with heavy weaponry, especially historically, the structures are ...

located somewhat south of the mouth of

Oued Ksob Oued Ksob is a river in western Morocco that discharges to the Atlantic Ocean on a broad beach slightly south of the city of Essaouira and slightly north of the village of Diabat. The river delta, mouth of the river, along with the nearby Iles Pur ...

(Hogan, 2007) near about one kilometre west of Diabat.

References

* Mark Ellingham (2007) ''The Rough Guide to Morocco'', London, England

C. Michael Hogan, ''Mogador: Promontory fort'', The Megalithic Portal, edited by Andy Burnham, 2007

Literature

* TAST, Brigitte; TAST, Hans-Juergen. ''Still the wind cries Jimi. Hendrix in Marokko'', Schellerten, 2012, Populated places in Essaouira Province {{MarrakeshTensiftElHaouz-geo-stub

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