▲Mountain, Chefchaouen province
Jbel Ahmed Filali
1161 metres approx.
The Beni Bouzra mountain overlooking the Mediterranean coast between Tetouan and El Jebha.
- Type
- Mountain
- Altitude
- about 1161 m
- Location
- Chefchaouen province
- Tribe
- Beni Bouzra
- Rank
- No. 15 among the peaks of Chefchaouen province in this encyclopedia
Jbel Ahmed Filali rises to about 1161 metres. It is one of the best-known mountains of the Beni Bouzra tribe in Chefchaouen province, overlooking the Mediterranean coast between Tetouan and El Jebha.
It stands out for its geology: metamorphic rocks of an almost black colour, which geologists have named the “Filali unit”.
Articles about this place
- Mountains facing the seaIn northern Morocco the sea is never far from the peaks: four mountains whose land reaches down to the coast.
- The geology of the Tetouan and Chefchaouen mountainsWhite limestone walls, a flysch mountain in the middle of limestone, and black metamorphic rock: three stories in stone in the mountains of the north.
Nearby and in the same area
- ▲Jbel Dar MaimounBeni Bouzra, Chefchaouen province1235 m
- ▲Jbel ChouamatMtioua, Chefchaouen province1585 m
- ■TaghassaBeni Jerir, Amtar commune, Chefchaouen province—
Data from topographic maps and local sources; altitudes are approximate. Spotted a mistake? Send a correction.