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The Atlas Mountains in NW Africa extend through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, and include the Rock of Gibraltar and separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert.

They are generally divided into four regions, west to east: Middle, High and Anti-Atlas, the Saharan Atlas, the Tell Atlas and the Aures Mountains.

Today's Atlas and Allegheny/Appalachian ranges are thought to have first formed when the continents now known as Europe, Africa and North America collided to form the supercontinent of Pangaea, and then drifted apart.

Rabat is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000 (2010).

Located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg, Rabat has important textile, food processing and construction industries though it is beset by controverial sweatshops contracted by multinational corporations.

Casablanca, the largest city and seaport in Morocco, is located on the Atlantic Ocean. It was first settled by Berbers by the 7th century BC; both the Phoenicians and the Romans used it as a port.

The name Casablanca is from the Spanish words for “white house”. The original Berber name is Anfa and is used now to refer to the original old city.

The Hassan II Mosque is the third largest mosque in the world.

Casablanca is the setting of the 1942 romantic drama film of the same name that starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

Marrakesh, the second largest city in Morocco, is at the foot of the High Atlas, founded at the site of an oasis.

Notable people associated with Marrakesh include Averroes, Josephine Baker, Elias Canetti.

Tangier, Morocco, is on the North African coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic Ocean.

Tangier was founded in the 5th century BC by Carthaginians and has been under Phoenican, Berber, Roman, Arab, and a multitude of European countries.

Artists and writers have made Tangiers home for their creative ventures.

Volubilis, an archaeological site in Morocco, features the best preserved Roman ruins in this part of northern Africa and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Romans left Morocco in the 3rd century AD but the city remained occupied until destroyed by an earthquake in the late fourth century AD. The structures were further damaged by the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.

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