The New International Encyclopædia/Larash

LARASH, lȧ-räsh′, or EL-ARAISH, ĕl-ȧ-rīsh′. A picturesque port of Morocco, the capital of the Province of Azgar, on the Atlantic coast, 43 miles southwest of Tangier (Map: Africa, D 1). It has an old imposing hall or house for grain trading, a fine mosque, and many ruined edifices. The district is low and unhealthful, but produces considerable fruit. The harbor, which is poorly fortified, admits only small vessels. The imports in 1900 were £114,693, the exports £47,033. Population, about 5000, consisting of Moors.