Official Name: | Zeghanghane |
Other Name: | Zeghanghane |
Native Name: | أزغنغان |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Morocco |
Subdivision Name1: | Oriental |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Nador |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Total: | 34.025 |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Timezone Dst: | WEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Postal Code: | 62650 |
Zeghanghane (Arabic: أزغنغان) is a town and municipality in the province of Nador, Oriental, Morocco. It is one of the major towns of the province. According to the 2014 census, its population was 34,025.[1]
Segangan is one of the earliest settlements known in the eastern region of Rif. Segangan played a big role in all of the Spanish invasion wars in the region starting with the first Rif War (1893). The second Rif War (1909) actually started from Segangan under the leadership of a local figure Sharif Mohammed Ameziane. The town also witnessed and played part in the last Rif War (1920) and was part of the Rif Republic till the collapse of the latter in 1926.