Tetuan

Tetuan (Arab. Tetawin), a port of Morocco, about 4 miles from the sea, 22 miles S. of Ceuta. It is surrounded by walls, flanked with towers, and is defended by a castle. Its harbour does not admit large vessels; but a brisk trade is carried on, mainly by the Jews, in fruit, wool, silk, girdles, leather, cotton, &c., and it exports provisions largely to Ceuta. Tetuan was taken by the Spaniards under O'Donnell (q.v.), February 1860, but was evacuated next year. Pop. 22,000 (one-third Jews).