Rabat

**Rabat** (/rəˈbɑːt/, meŋ lɛ UK: /rəˈbæt/, US: /rɑːˈbɑːt/; Arabic: الرباط, romanized: *ar-Ribāṭ*)  e la kapital paaloŋ ko Morocco kyɛ la teŋkpoŋ ko a urban population  naŋ e 580,000 (2014) ane a metropolitan noba yagroŋ naŋ e 1.2 miliyɔɔ. O meŋ e la kapital teŋɛ ko Rabat-Salé-Kénitra administrative region. Rabat bezie la Atlantic Ocean naŋ peɛle a Bou Regreg baa noɔreŋ, opposite Salé, a teŋɛ meŋɛ commuter paaloŋ.

### Tembilii pommu
A paaloŋ po-eŋɛɛ a paaloŋ sere ama:

## Climate

## Sakuuri

### Kolaagyiri ane universities
Public:

* Mohammed V University was founded in 1957
* National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics was founded 1961
* National School of Architecture (1980)

Private:

* HEM Business School, founded 1993

## Sori Tuubu

### Air
Rabat's main airport la Rabat–Salé Airport.

A bɔlŋmɛ ziiri la:

* ASFAR (football club)
* ASFAR (women)
* FUS de Rabat
* Stade Marocain
* Hilal de Rabat
* Union de Touarga
* Youssoufia Club de Rabat

### Handball

* ASFAR
* FUS de Rabat
* Le Stade Marocain

### Basketball
The local basketball teams are:

* ASFAR
* FUS de Rabat
* Moghreb de Rabat
* FAR

### Volleyball

* ASFAR
* FUS de Rabat
* Crédit agricole Rabat
## Nembanne mine

Politicians:
*Reuven Abergel, Israeli social and political activist
*Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, French judge and diplomat
*Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister of France
*Richard Dell'Agnola, French politician
*Omar El Bahraoui, former mayor of Rabat
*David Levy, Israeli politician
*Maxim Levy, Israeli politician
*Bernard Squarcini, French counter-terrorism director
*Asmaa Rhlalou, mayor of Rabat

Scientists, writers and philosophers:
*Abdellah Taïa, writer
*Mehdi Elmanjra, scholar
*Robert Assaraf, historian
*Alain Badiou, French philosopher
*Mohammed Suerte Bennani, Moroccan novelist
*Mohammed Berrada, Moroccan novelist, literary critic, and translator
*Helene Hagan, Franco-American writer anthropologist
*Abdelfattah Kilito, Moroccan writer
*Bahaa Trabelsi, Moroccan novelist
*Mohammad Naciri, Regional Director for the Arab States and Asia Pacific for the UN Women

Artists:
*Samira Said, Moroccan singer and actress
*Saad Lamjarred, Moroccan singer and actor
* Hajib, Moroccan Chaabi singer
*Shlomo Bar, Israeli musician
*Fabienne Égal, French announcer and television host
*Roland Giraud, French actor
*Macha Méril, French actress and writer
*Daniel Siboni, French photographer
*Stormy (rapper), Moroccan rapper and songwriter
*Bryce Hudson, American painter and photographer

Sports:
*Saïd Aït-Bahi, Moroccan footballer
*Rachid Benmahmoud, Former footballer 
*Bouabid Bouden, Moroccan footballer
*Custodio Dos Reis, French road bicycle racer
*Younes El Aynaoui, Moroccan tennis player
*Adam Ennafati, footballer 
*Younes Khattabi, Moroccan rugby league player
*Ait Hammi Miloud, Moroccan Olympic boxer
*Jean Patrick Lesobre, French Rugby Union player
*Younès Moudrik, Moroccan long jumper
*Youssef Rabeh, Former footballer 
*Brahim Taleb, Moroccan long-distance runner

Royal descendants:
*Mohammed VI of Morocco, King of Morocco
*Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
*Princess Lalla Aicha of Morocco
## Twin towns – sister cities

Rabat is twinned with:

*Cairo, Egypt
*Guangzhou, China
*Honolulu, United States
*Istanbul, Turkey
*Lisbon, Portugal
*Lyon, France
*Madrid, Spain
*Nablus, Palestine

*Tunis, Tunisia
## External links

*Rabat Tourist Portal
*Entry in Lexicorient. .
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## Tarejiihi