Colline du Charf

Charf Hill
Colline du Charf
Charf Hill Morocco
Highest point
Elevation	93 m (305 ft) ^[1]
Coordinates	35°45′57″N 05°47′22″W / 35.76583°N 5.78944°W / 35.76583; -5.78944Coordinates: 35°45′57″N 05°47′22″W / 35.76583°N 5.78944°W / 35.76583; -5.78944
Geography
Location	Morocco
Parent range	Rif
Climbing
First ascent	Unknown
Easiest route	From Tangier

The Charf Hill (French: Colline du Charf) is a hill in Tangier, northern Morocco. Its elevation is 93 metres above sea level and it overlooks the city between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.^[2]

Description

The hill offers a panoramic view of Tangier and the coastline from Cap Malabata in the east to La Montagne in the west.^[3] Charf Hill has a number of high-rise buildings and towards the foot of the hill are some of the poor residential districts of Tangier and the Plaza de Toros. The Syrian Mosque of Tangier is also located on the hill and is noted for its style of minaret, rare to the region.

Legend says that the Charf hill is the burial place of the massive body of Antaeus after he was defeated by Hercules.^[4]

References

↑ GoogleEarth
↑ Morocco. Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guides. 2006. p. 141.
↑ Some material on the early history of the Charf is in Martin Malcolm. Portuguese Tangier (1471-1662): Colonial Urban Fabric as Cross-Cultural Skeleton (Baywolf Press: Toronto and Peterborough, 2013) ISBN 978-0-921437-50-5. Found through the index, under Charf/Xarf. http://www.trentu.ca/admin/publications/psr/monvol001.html and http://books.google.ca/books?id=AeTBAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0
↑ La mythologie de Tanger

External links

L'histoire de Tanger - Tánger

Mountains of Morocco

High Atlas	Toubkal (4167 m) Ouanoukrim (4089 m) Ighil M'Goun (4071 m) Afella (4043 m) Akioud (4030 m) Jbel n'Tarourt (4001 m) Tazarhart (3995 m) Aksoual (3910 m) Ineghmar (3892 m) Bou Iguenwan (3882 m) Uwawgulzat (3763 m) Tichki (3753 m) Ayachi (3747 m) Azrou Tamadout (3664 m) Gourza (3280 m) Jbel Oukaïmeden (3200 m) Jebel Yagour (2700 m) Tassemit (2205 m)

Middle Atlas	Bou Naceur (3340 m) Mouasker (3277 m) Bou Iblan (3081 m) Tanourdi (2250 m)

Anti-Atlas	Aklim (2531 m) Jbel Kissane (1485 m) Sirwa (3304 m) Amalou-n-Mansour (2712 m) Kouaouch (2592 m) Imgout (2530 m) Mount Amchad (1238 m) Mount Zagora (1030 m)

Saharan Atlas	Grouz (1888 m)

Rif	Colline du Charf (93 m) Tidirhine (2456 m) Kelti (1912 m) Ras Foughal (1535 m) Gourougou (900 m) Jbel Musa (851 m) Jebel Zem-Zem (435 m) Zerhoun (1025 m)

Other peaks & ranges	Jbel Lakhdar (893 m) Béni-Snassen Djebel Ouarkziz Djebel Bani Jbel Saghro Kebdana Range

Geography of Morocco Atlas Mountains Dadès Gorges Kem Kem Lake Tislit Oukaimeden Tizguit Valley Tizi-n-Test Tizi n'Tichka Todgha Gorge

Tangier

History	History of Tangier Timeline Battle of Cape Spartel Battle of Cape Espartel Battle of Tangier (1664) First Moroccan Crisis Treaty of Tangiers English Tangier Governors of Tangier Administrators of the Tangier International Zone Tangier Garrison 2nd Tangier Regiment Tangier Regiment Tangier Protocol Tangier International Zone

Economy	Economy of Tangier Tangier Exportation Free Zone Tanger-med

Districts and streets	Tangier City Center Grand Socco Petit Socco Quartier du Marshan Rue Es-Siaghine Rue de la Liberté Avenue Pasteur Avenue d'Espagne Avenue Mohammed VI beach

Religious buildings	Tangier Grand Mosque Kasbah Mosque Sidi Bou Abib Mosque Church of the Immaculate Conception Anglican Church of St. Andrew

Palaces and museums	Dar el Makhzen American Legation Forbes Museum of Tangier Museum of Contemporary Art Fondation Lorin Musée de Carmen-Macein

Other buildings	Plaza de Toros bullring Borj en Naam Gran Teatro Cervantes Hotel Continental (Tangier) Café Hafa Tangerinn Villa Muniria

Schools and colleges	Tangier Anglo-Moroccan School The American School of Tangier

Transport	Rabat-Tangier expressway Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport

Sport and culture	Atletico Tanger IR Tanger Stade de Tanger Stade de Marchan Cap Radio (Morocco) National Cricket Stadium

Geography	Bay of Tangier Parc de la Mendoubia Colline du Charf Cape Spartel Cape Malabata

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