Nador (Arabic: الناظور) is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 158,202 (2024 census).

[4] In the summer months of June to August thousands of people originating from the Nador area and living in Europe return to the city.

Many used consumer goods from Europe and China find their way to Morocco and Africa via Melilla and Nador, both legally and illegally.

The goods range from conserved food, clothes, shoes, electric home appliances, up to sophisticated hardware.

The city center of Nador is largely a grid of streets around the north-south axis of Avenue Hassan II, with the main bus- and taxi stations at its southern end.

[15] The administrative city center, main post office, and the Grand Mosque are all located on the Youssef Ben Tachfine Boulevard.

[16] The salt lagoon off and to the east of the city attract wildlife, especially migratory birds[17][18] The protected wetlands at Oued Moulouya and Kariat Arekman by the Moulouya River mouth are home to greater flamingos, great crested grebes, pied avocets,[19] black-winged stilts, Eurasian coots, dunlins, oystercatchers, Audouin's gulls, grey herons, little egrets, spotted redshanks, black-tailed godwits, common redshanks, kingfishers, black terns, and numerous other species of terns and gulls.

[citation needed] There are major freshwater and saline sites covering large areas of protected sand dunes, marsh- and swampland.

The aerial masts of Medi 1 Radio for long-wave are approximately 380 m (1,250 ft) high and are among the tallest human-made structures in Africa.

[24] Most tourists come from other Moroccan cities,[25] but Nador has also an increasing number of European visitors, some through the international ferry connections to Spain and France.

[26] Nador International Airport, in which opened in 1999,[26] also serves numerous European cities, including flights to Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, Marseille, and Barcelona.

[27] With its avenues, palm-lined boulevards and brand new marina, hotels, cafés, banks, shops and restaurants press on to make it suitable for the fast-growing tourism industry.

[9][14] Nador has experienced a dramatic economic growth in recent years, fueled by traditional industries, such as metallurgy, and by modern ones, i.e. electronics, chemicals, and textiles.

[9] Nador's farm land is extremely fertile,[28] and the main agricultural resources are fruits, citrus, and wine-grapes.

[citation needed] The new hotel will target the high-end tourism market and also cater for business users with congress-facilities.