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Tan·gier

n-jîr

) KEY also Tan·giers (-jîrz

) KEY

A city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar. Founded in Roman times and later controlled by a variety of powers, including Portugal and Great Britain, it was administered as part of an international zone from 1923-1924 until 1956. Population: 629,000.

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