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Sidi Bouknadel سيدي بوقنادل
Sidi Bouknadel commune House in 2024
Country	Morocco
Region	Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
Province	Salé Province
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

Bouknadel (Berber: Buqnadel, ⴱⵓⵇⵏⴰⴷⴻⵍ, Arabic: بوقنادل) is a town on the Atlantic coast of Morocco situated slightly to the north of Rabat and south of Kenitra. The locale is the site of a former U.S. Naval Radio Transmitter Communications Station (USNRST Bouknadel Morocco). The Naval Airstation was near the town of Kenitra, formerly known as Port Lyautey Earliest permanent settlement of this area is evidenced at the Phoenician and Roman settlement of Chellah slightly to the south on the banks of the Oued Bou Regreg.

Tourism

Bouknadel became a prime tourism place for foreigners with the development of the beach front property and community developed by prestige the development includes beach front property's on the plage de nations, a PSG soccer training camp, a shopping center and more still in development. Bouknadel is also home to Morocco's arboretum the Exotiques De Bouknadel.

See also

• Salé
• Rabat
• Casablanca
• Morocco

References

1. U.S. Naval Air Station, Port Lyautey, Morocco
2. C.Michael Hogan, Chellah, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham
3. Bouknadel, Morocco Page. Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Morocco

v t e Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region
Capital: Rabat
Provinces and Prefectures	Kénitra Province Khémisset Province Sidi Kacem Province Sidi Slimane Province Rabat Prefecture Salé Prefecture Skhirate-Témara Prefecture
Cities	Khemisset Sidi Taibi Dar Gueddari Had Kourt Jorf El Melha Kenitra Khnichet Lalla Mimouna Mechra Bel Ksiri Mehdya Moulay Bousselham Ouazzane Oulad Slama Rabat Salé Sidi Allal Tazi Sidi Kacem Sidi Slimane Sidi Yahya El Gharb Skhirat Souk El Arbaa Témara Tiflet

34°08′00″N 6°44′00″W / 34.1333°N 6.73333°W / 34.1333; -6.73333

External links

• French web page

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