Annual, Morocco

Annual
Annual

Location in Morocco

Coordinates: 35°08′N 3°35′W / 35.133°N 3.583°W / 35.133; -3.583
Country  Morocco
Region Marrakesh-Safi
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
  Summer (DST) WEST (UTC+1)

Annual or Anoual (Arabic: أنوال Anwāl) is a settlement in northeastern Morocco about 60 km west of Melilla. There, during the Rif War or War of Melilla, on July 22, 1921, the Spanish army suffered a grave military defeat against the Rifan Berber army, known as the Battle of Annual.

Coordinates: 35°08′N 3°35′W / 35.133°N 3.583°W / 35.133; -3.583

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