Bouknadel
Place in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco
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Bouknadel (Berber: Buqnadel, ⴱⵓⵇⵏⴰⴷⴻⵍ, Arabic: بوقنادل) is a town on the Atlantic coast of Morocco situated slightly to the north of Rabat and south of Kenitra. The locale is the site of a former U.S. Naval Radio Transmitter Communications Station (USNRST Bouknadel Morocco). The Naval Airstation was near the town of Kenitra, formerly known as Port Lyautey[1] Earliest permanent settlement of this area is evidenced at the Phoenician and Roman settlement of Chellah slightly to the south on the banks of the Oued Bou Regreg.[2][3]
Sidi Bouknadel
سيدي بوقنادل | |
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Sidi Bouknadel commune House in 2024 | |
  Sidi Bouknadel Location in Morocco  Sidi Bouknadel Sidi Bouknadel (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 34.1333°N 6.73333°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Rabat-Salé-Kénitra |
| Province | Salé Province |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Tourism
Bouknadel became a prime tourism place for foreigners with the development of the beach front property and community developed by prestige the development includes beach front property's on the plage de nations, a PSG soccer training camp, a shopping center and more still in development. Bouknadel is also home to Morocco's arboretum the Exotiques De Bouknadel.