Hajja, Morocco

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Hajja is a settlement located in the western coastal region of Morocco, near Rabat. [1] The earliest recorded history of the general vicinity is associated with the now-ruined Chellah, situated along the estuarine portion of the Oued Bou Regreg. Chellah was originally settled by the Phoenicians and later became a Roman settlement. [2]

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