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Charf Hill
هضبة الشرف
Charf HillMorocco
Highest point
Elevation	93 m (305 ft)
Coordinates	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

Charf Hill (Arabic: هضبة الشرف) 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.

Description

The hill offers a panoramic view of Tangier and the coastline from Cape Malabata in the east to La Montagne in the west. 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 Charf Hill is the burial place of the massive body of Antaeus after he was defeated by Hercules.

References

1. GoogleEarth
2. Morocco. Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guides. 2006. p. 141.
3. Some material on the early history of Charf Hill is in Martin Malcolm Elbl, 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 Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine and https://books.google.com/books?id=AeTBAgAAQBAJ
4. La mythologie de Tanger

External links

• L'histoire de Tanger - Tánger

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High Atlas	Toubkal (4167 m) Ouanoukrim (4089 m) Ighil M'Goun (4071 m) Afella (4043 m) Akioud (4030 m) Jbel Tifnout (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 Tislit Lake Oukaimeden Tizguit Valley Tizi-n-Test Tizi n'Tichka Todgha Gorge

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History	History of Tangier Timeline List of European governors of Tangier Battle of Tangier (1664) English Tangier Tangier Garrison 1st Tangier Regiment 2nd Tangier Regiment Battle of Cape Spartel (1782) Treaty of Tangiers First Moroccan Crisis Tangier Protocol Tangier International Zone Administrators and Mendoubs Battle of Cape Spartel (1936)
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	Grand Mosque of Tangier Kasbah Mosque Sidi Bou Abib Mosque Mohammed V Mosque Lalla Abla Mosque Church of the Immaculate Conception Anglican Church of St. Andrew French Church Roman Catholic Cathedral
Palaces and museums	Kasbah Palace Mendoubia Mendoub's Residence Marshan Palace Abdelhafid Palace American Legation Museum of Contemporary Art Fondation Lorin Musée de Carmen-Macein
Other buildings	Plaza de Toros bullring Borj en Naam Gran Teatro Cervantes Hotel Cecil Hotel Continental French Consulate General Café Hafa Tangerinn Villa Muniria
Schools and colleges	Tangier Anglo-Moroccan School 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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