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Rabat

Ribat

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Was imperial Moroccan city; development was tied to that of Salé, home to many Andalusian Moors after 1609; contains ancient Muslim town and Jewish quarter; site of many historical structures, museums and Muhammad V University; has textile industry.
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Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985); Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979); Times Atlas of the World (1994);

Born

Erik Desmazières (French, born Morocco, born 1948)

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