Tangier is a large port city in Morocco with a population of 907 thousand people (2008 census). Located on the northern coast of Morocco, washed by the Strait of Gibraltar.
Tangier is an autonomous international economic and political territory subordinate to the king and government. Representations of international trade, financial, cultural and political organizations are concentrated here.
Tangier is an international city with about 42,000 residents of European and other nationalities living in it constantly, making up enclaves. The main enclaves: French, Spaniards, Germans, Italians, Belgians, Swiss, British, Americans, Portuguese, there is a small community of Russian speakers.
In the city, in addition to mosques, there are Anglican, Protestant, Catholic churches, as well as Lutheran churches, synagogues. At the Franciscan Catholic Monastery of St. Petra carries out her charitable activities as a boarding school for orphans of any religious orientation.