Port_Lyautey

Kenitra (Arabic: القُنَيْطَرَة, al-qunayṭara, [alqunajtˤira], lit. 'the little bridge'; Berber languages: ⵇⵏⵉⵟⵔⴰ, romanized: Qniṭra; French: Kénitra) is a city in northwestern Morocco, known as Port Lyautey from 1932 to 1956. It is a port on the Sebou River with a population of 431,282 as of 2014. It is one of the three main cities of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region and the capital of the similarly named Kénitra Province. During the Cold War, the US Naval Air Station Port Lyautey served as a stopping point in North Africa.