Beni Ansar or Aït Nsar is a town in Nador Province, Oriental, Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

, located 12 km north of the City of Nador

Nador

Nador is a city located in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco. The city is a Mediterranean port on the Bḥar Ameẓẓyan lagoon , and it is the major trading center in the region for fish, fruit, and livestock...

. It is bordered on the north by the autonomous Spanish city of Melilla

Melilla

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. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 31,800, and its area is 20 hectare

Hectare

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s (0.2 km²).

Its climate is arid, and precipitation is variable, with an annual mean of 280 mL.

The port

Port

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 of Bin Anşār is one of the main ports of Morocco. The development of the urban area is constrained on the west by Mount Gurugú and a highway and on the east by the Lagoon of Nador, the railway, and the industrial zone around the port.