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Diabat Destination Guide

Touring Diabat in Morocco

Diabat in the region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz is located in Morocco - some 244 mi or ( 393 km ) South-West of Rabat , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Diabat

Time in Diabat is now 09:26 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Casablanca " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Youssoufia, Tighalimine, Tiout, Tazzitount, and Taroudant. Being here already, consider visiting Youssoufia . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Diabat ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Maâlem All Stars @ Essaouira Gnaoua World Music Festival 2012

6:28 min by elcoprino
Views: 9845 Rating: 4.20

Concert de clôture du festival, ici avec Maâlem Omar Hayat sur le devant de la scène ..

MAALLEM ABDELLAH GANIA EL BANIA GNAWA MUSIC FROM ESSAOUIRA MOROCCO

8:34 min by MrMejdoub
Views: 2353 Rating: 5.00

A great night with Maallem Abdellah Gania at Zawiat Sidna Bilal in Essaouira city during Gnawa Music Festival recorded and edited by Aziz Marchoud aka Mejdoub. ..


Marocco & Western Sahara: Marrakech e Essaouira - Parte 1/17

3:55 min by ShakaTrip
Views: 1141 Rating: 5.00

Siamo partiti da Napoli con il treno, diretti a Roma. Dormiamo nell'aeroporto di Ciampino per poi giungere a Marrakech. Da li proseguiamo direttamente verso Essaouira. Abbiamo visitato il porto, il me ..

Gettin' Lost: Essaouira

15:01 min by discasting
Views: 895 Rating: 5.00

Our journey in the kingdom of Morocco continues! Essaouira is quite small but symphatetic little town on the east coast just above Agadir. It's known for extensive culture life which is covered in thi ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Diabat

Diabat is a village in western Morocco near the coast of the Atlantic Ocean about five kilometres south of the city of Essaouira. (Ellingham, 2007) The Bordj El Berod is a ruined watchtower located somewhat south of the mouth of Oued Ksob (Hogan, 2007) near about one kilometre west of Diabat.

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Located at 31.48 -9.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Populated places in Essaouira Province

Mogador island

Mogador island is the main island of the Iles Purpuraires in front of Essaouira. It is about 3 kilometers long and 1.5 kilometers wide, and lies about 1.5 kilometers from the opposite beach of Essaouira. The Carthaginian navigator Hanno visited and established a trading post there in the area in the 5th century BCE, and Phoenician artifacts have been found on the island.

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Located at 31.50 -9.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Geography of Morocco, History of Morocco, Islands of Morocco

Iles Purpuraires

Iles Purpuraires are a set of small islands off the western coast of Morocco at the bay located at Essaouira. These islands were settled in antiquity by the Phoenicians, chiefly to exploit certain marine resources and as a promontory fort. (Hogan, 2007) Roman occupation of western Morocco beginning in the 2nd century BC continued the use of the islets, principally for manufacture of a royal blue dye from certain marine organisms.

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Located at 31.50 -9.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Islands of Morocco, Islands of the North Atlantic Ocean

Gnaoua World Music Festival

The Gnaoua World Music Festival is a Gnawa music festival held annually in Essaouira, Morocco. The festival provides a platform for exchanges and a meeting point of music and dialogue between foreign artists and the mystical Gnaoua musicians. In this melting-pot of musical fusion, the Gnaoua masters invite players of jazz, pop, rock and contemporary World music to explore new avenues.

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Located at 31.51 -9.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Music festivals in Morocco, World music festivals

Essaouira

Mogador redirects here, for the hamlet in Surrey see Mogador, Surrey. Essaouira is a city in the western Moroccan economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, on the Atlantic coast. Since the 16th century, the city has also been known by its Portuguese name of Mogador or Mogadore. The Berber name means the wall, a reference to the fortress walls that originally enclosed the city.

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Located at 31.51 -9.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Morocco, Former Portuguese colonies, Kingdom of the Algarve, Municipalities of Morocco, Populated places in Essaouira Province, Port cities and towns on the Moroccan Atlantic Coast, World Heritage Sites in Morocco