🏛️ Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City

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Rabat is the capital city of Morocco, located on the northwestern coasts of the Atlantic Ocean. Rabat is the country's seventh-largest city with a population of 515,619 (2024) and the second largest metropolitan area after Casablanca, with a population of approximately 2.1 million (2025). It is also the capital city of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra administrative region. Rabat is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg, opposite Salé, the city's main commuter town.

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Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City is a cultural World Heritage site in Morocco, in Africa. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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