Back الناظور (المغرب) Arabic ناضور ARY الناظور (مدينه فى اقليم الناظور) ARZ ناظور AZB Надор BE Nador Catalan Nador (kapital sa munisipyo) CEB Nador Danish Nador German Nador EO
Nador
الناظور | |
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  Nador Location in Morocco  Nador Nador (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 35°10′0″N 02°56′0″W / 35.16667°N 2.93333°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Oriental |
| Province | Nador |
| Government | |
| Area | |
| • Land | 44 km2 (17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 42 m (138 ft) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 158,202 |
| • Rank | 19th in Morocco |
| • Ethnicities | Riffians: 98%; Spaniards: 1%; Other foreigners: 1% |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Nador (Arabic: الناظور) is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 158,202 (2024 census).[2]
Nador city is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a salt lagoon named Ayrar Ameẓẓyan in Berber (Mar Chica in Spanish) and is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the Spanish enclave Melilla.
Nador was founded in the 19th century by local Berber tribes and was under Spanish occupation from 1912 until Morocco's independence in 1956.[3]
The Nador Province has over 600,000 inhabitants, predominantly of Rif-Berber ethnicity. Nador is considered the second largest city in the Oriental East after Wejda.