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Safi

Safi is a city in western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean. According to historians Safi must be identified with the ancient Thymiaterion or Carcunticus and was founded by the Carthaginian Hanno the Navigator.

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Country: Morocco

District: Marrakesh-Safi

Category: Historic Cities and Regions

Site History: First Millennium BC

Oldest Culture: Ancient Carthage

Later Cultures: Berber + Islamic + Portuguese

Site Features: Mixed Monuments

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