Chefchaouen - Chawen - the Blue town - شفشاون -

Chefchaouen is a city in the north of Morocco. The original name of the city is Ashaun, the most ancient province of Amazigh. It is the newest province of Chefchaouen by law No. 688.75.1 of 23 April 1975. The city of Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Ali bin Rashid to house the Muslims of Andalusia By the Spaniards; Where as a fortress for the Mujahideen against colonialism. The city alone has 35,709 inhabitants (census 2004).

Location
The province of Chefchaouen is located in the far north of Morocco on the mountains of the Rif, bordering the north of the Mediterranean Sea with a sea front stretching over 120 km and south of the region, Zan and Taounate and east of Al Hoceima province and the western region of Tetouan and Larache. And it belongs to the province's regional point of Tangier-Tetouan. The province of Chefchaouen is 4350 square kilometers.

The most important features

The city of Chefchaouen is characterized by its mountainous features, with difficult terrain, abrupt descents, low valleys and sharp fractures. Human existence has been known since antiquity. It is also known that the arrival of the Arab conquerors like Musa ibn Naseer, who built a mosque for him in the tribe of Bani Hassan northwest of Chefchaouen, as well as Tariq ibn Ziyad, who still has a mosque bearing his name in the village of Al-Sharfat.
This area became a center for the gathering of armies. In the reign of Adarsa (9th century), the region became under the reign of Omar bin Idris II, who made Fez the capital of his empire. Thus, the region was known for the occurrence of various wars and conflicts until the establishment of the city of Chefchaouen in 876 AH / 1471 AD by Moulay Ali bin Rashid, to stop the Portuguese encroachment on the region. The old town of Chefchaouen hosts an important collection of historic buildings that largely reflect the historical and cultural character of the city

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