The Moroccan city of Tetouan is located a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar and southeast of Tangier. It is the capital and cultural centre of the region Tangier and the only open port of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea. The Jews comprise about a fifth of the 320,539 inhabitants since 2004.

Their language is Moroccan Darija-Arabic and Berber-Tamazight.  They do not use Arabic as their national language.  This is although Spanish and French are still widely used by the intellectuals and the business people.  Considering that the main religion is Islam, there are those who practice Judaism and Christianity as well.