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de Marchan is a multi-use stadium in Tangier, Morocco. It is used mostly for football matches and used to be the home ground of IR Tanger. The stadium holds 14,000 people. It was however replaced by Stade de Tanger after the latter's construction was completed.
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Tangier is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture of Morocco.
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tangier, Morocco.
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The French Church of Tangier, formally the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and of Saint Joan of Arc, also known as Sainte-Marie-Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, shorthand Sainte-Marie-Jeanne, or the Église des Sables, is a parish church in Tangier, Morocco. It was built in 1949-1953 for the French community in the Tangier International Zone.
The Lalla Abla Mosque, also known as Port Mosque, is a mosque in Tangier, Morocco, completed in 2017 and dedicated by King Mohammed VI in July 2018. It replaced a smaller mosque on a nearby location, also known as the Port Mosque.
