Tangier topographic map

Name: Tangier topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Tangier, pachalik de Tanger طنجة, Prefecture of Tangier - Assilah, Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, 90013, Morocco (35.61710 -5.96379 35.93710 -5.64379)

Average elevation: 52 m

Minimum elevation: -3 m

Maximum elevation: 615 m

Tangier was formally known as Colonia Julia Tingi ("The Julian Colony of Tingis") following its elevation to colony status during the Roman Empire. It is also sometimes known as Boughaz (Arabic: بوغاز‎ Meaning Inlet in English). The nicknames "Bride of the North" and "Door of Africa" reference its position in far northwestern Africa near the Strait of Gibraltar.