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Khemisset is a city in Morocco
Morocco
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, population 111,971 (2008 census). It is situated on the A2 motorway between Rabat
Rabat
Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...

 (81 km) and Meknès
Meknes
Meknes is a city in northern Morocco, located from the capital Rabat and from Fes. It is served by the A2 expressway between those two cities and by the corresponding railway. Meknes was the capital of Morocco under the reign of Moulay Ismail , before it was relocated to Marrakech. The...

 (57 km), and is the capital of the province Zemmour.

The French built in 1912 - 1914 a 600 mm narrow gauge railway from Rabat
Rabat
Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...

 via Souk el Abra
des Sehoul, Tiflet
Tiflet
Tiflet is a town in northwest Morocco, westerly of Meknes and easterly of Rabat. Tiflet is in a region of Morocco that is rich with ancient history including settlement by Phoenicians and Romans during the first millennium BC. The nearest such major settlements are in Rabat and Volubilis...

, Dar Caid Bou Driss to Khemissit. It was abandoned in 1935 and
lifted before 1942. Between Tiflet
Tiflet
Tiflet is a town in northwest Morocco, westerly of Meknes and easterly of Rabat. Tiflet is in a region of Morocco that is rich with ancient history including settlement by Phoenicians and Romans during the first millennium BC. The nearest such major settlements are in Rabat and Volubilis...

, and Khemessit the old track bed of narrow gauge line
was later built to Rabat
Rabat
Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...

 Khemissed main road. The 18 of November Stadium has a capacity of 10,000 and hosts the home games of Ittihad Khémisset. A synthetic grass pitch will be installed in 2011.
The population of khemisset ( Zemmour) are Berbers of the middle atlas. the belong to the zemmour group. They belong originally to the Beraber of the Semi Nomad.

Twin towns

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, France Buenos Aires
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, Argentina
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, since 2008 Stockholm
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