Belyounech
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Belyounech
| other_name = Beliones
| settlement_type = Rural commune
| image_skyline = La Mujer Muerta (Jbel Moussa), Belyounech y frontera España-Marruecos. - panoramio.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Belyounech can be seen below the Jebel Musa
| pushpin_map = Morocco
| coordinates = {{coord|35|54|17|N|5|23|32|W}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Morocco}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_type2 = Prefecture
| subdivision_type3 =
| subdivision_type4 =
| population_total = 5296
| population_footnotes =
| subdivision_name1 = Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma
| subdivision_name2 = M'diq-Fnideq
| utc_offset = +1
| population_as_of = 2014
}}
Belyounech ({{Langx|es|Beliones}}, {{Langx|ar|بليونش}}) is a town and rural commune in the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma region of Morocco. The city has many alternate transliterations, including Beliunech and Bel Younech.{{Cite web |last=Apelian |first=Colette |date=June 21, 2016 |title=Migrations and Histories: Belyounech, Morocco in Photographs and Observations |url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/migrations-histories-belyounech-morocco-photographs-apelian-ph-d- |access-date=2022-11-06 |website= |language=en |via=LinkedIn |id={{Academia.edu|26379400}}}}
Belyounech borders the community of Benzú in the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta, and is located {{Convert|7|km|miles}} from the city of Ceuta.{{Cite web |title=Belyounech - المضيق: Information |url=https://www.safarway.com/en/property/belyounech |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Safarway 2023 (العالم بين يديك) |language=en}} Incidents involving the Ceuta border fence have had people trying to cross the border from the west side of the fence in Belyounech into Ceuta.
The community is a popular stop for people looking to ascend Jebel Musa because it is the nearest town to the base of the mountain.{{Cite web |title=Two Continents Ride Mountain Bike Tour |url=https://ridesierranevada.com/two-continents/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Ride Sierra Nevada |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Yebel Musa, Mujer Muerta, el Atlante Dormido… |trans-title=Yebel Musa, Dead Woman, the Sleeping Atlantean... |url=https://www.milan2.info/mujer-muerta/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=La Web del Milano |language=es}}
History
= Fishing =
The town has a strong fishing heritage, as it is situated on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.{{Cite book |url=https://www.comite-peches.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/GFCM_43_2019_Post-adoption_Appendixes-f.docx |title=Annexes de la quarante-troisième session de la CGPM |language=en, fr |trans-title=Annexes of the forty-third session of the CGPM |format=DOCX}} In {{Cite book |url=http://www.fao.org/3/ca8379en/CA8379EN.pdf |title=Report of the forty-third session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): Athens, Greece, 4–8 November 2019 |isbn=978-92-5-132336-6 |language=en |doi=10.4060/ca8379en}} The first women's fishing cooperative in Morocco is from Belyounech.{{Cite news |last=El-Masaiti |first=Amira |last2=Elshamy |first2=Mosa'ab |date=March 3, 2020 |title=Mujeres pescadoras derriban barreras de género en Marruecos |language=en |trans-title=Women fishermen break down gender barriers in Morocco |website=AP News |agency=Associated Press |place=Belyounech |url=https://apnews.com/article/bdb0fec9a8dd48f38f01eb6df9e45cb7}}{{Cite news |last=El-Masaiti |first=Amira |last2=Elshamy |first2=Mosa'ab |date=March 3, 2020 |title=AP PHOTOS: Moroccan fisherwomen venture into man’s realm |work=WRIC ABC 8News |agency=Associated Press |location=Belyounech |url=https://www.wric.com/news/ap-photos-moroccan-fisherwomen-venture-into-mans-realm/}} There are also beaches available for recreation along the waters in Belyounech.{{Cite web |title=Beaches on Belyounech |url=https://beachsearcher.com/en/morocco/tangier-tetouan-al-hoceima/-/464897/belyounech |website=BeachSearcher.com |language=en}}
= World heritage =
Belyounech was listed on the tentative list of sites considered for UNESCO's World Heritage Site designation in Morocco, but was removed in 1994.{{Cite web |title=Belyounech |url=https://www.worldheritagesite.org/tentative/former/id/9689 |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=World Heritage Site for World Heritage Travellers}}
See also
{{Commons}}
- Fnideq, Morocco, {{convert|16|km|miles}} away.