List of synagogues in Morocco

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A partial list of synagogues in Morocco :

Agadir

Asilah

Azemmour

El Jadida

Casablanca

Essaouira

Fez

Upper Mellah: [2]

Lower Mellah: [2]

En-Nowawel quarter: [2]

Ksar el-Kebir

Larache

Marrakech

Meknes

Oujda

Rabat

Sefrou

Tangier

Tétouan

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