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See also:LARAISH (El Araish)
, a See also:port in See also:northern See also:Morocco on the See also:Atlantic See also:coast in 350 13' N., 6° 9 W., 43 M. by See also:sea S. by W. of See also:Tangier, picturesquely situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:estuary of the See also:Wad Lekkus
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Pop
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6000 to 7000
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The See also:river, being fairly deep inside the See also:bar, made this a favourite port for the See also:Salli rovers to See also:winter in, but the quantity of alluvial See also:soil brought down threatens to See also:close the port
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The See also:town is well situated for See also:defence, its walls are in See also:fair See also:condition, and it has ten forts, all supplied with old-fashioned guns
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Traces of the See also:Spanish occupation from 1610–1689 are to be seen in the towers whose names are given by See also:Tissot as those of St See also:Stephen, St See also: In 1787 the See also:Moors were still See also:building pirate vessels here, the See also:timber for which came from the neighbouring See also:forest of M'amora . Not far from the town are the remains of what is believed to be a Phoenician See also:city, Shammish, mentioned by See also:Idrisi, who makes no allusion to Laraish . It is not, however, improbable from a passage in Scylax that the site of the See also:present town was occupied by a Libyan See also:settlement . 'Tradition also connects Laraish with the See also:garden of the See also:Hesperides, `Ariisi being the Arabic for " See also:pleasure-gardens," and the " See also:golden apples " perhaps the See also:familiar oranges . |
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