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Rabat Travel Guide

The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg. On the facing shore of the river lies Salé, Rabat's bedroom community. Tourism and the presence of all foreign embassies serve to make Rabat the second most important city in the country.

About Rabat

Rabat covers an area of 102.9 sq. miles (278.6 sq. Km) and is estimated to have a population of 1.7 million people being the capital of the Kingdom of Morocco. It is also the capital of the Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer region.

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Rue des Consuls

At its northeastern end, rue Souk as Sabbat meets the junction of rue Oukassa and rue des Consuls. Rue des Consuls is Rabat’s main shopping street. Here you’ll find many shops selling handicrafts from other parts of Morocco, such as Marrakchi leatherwear and Fassi pottery, along with locally made colored-hide lamps, babouches, jellabahs, and carpets. Rabat carpets can have as many as 150,000 stitches per square meter (13,935 stitches per sq. ft.), and were traditionally made in workshops within the medina and kasbah. There’s still a carpet auction held here every Monday and Thursday morning.



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