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Loukkos

Also known as Loukkos River

The Loukkos is a river of north-western Morocco that rises in the Rif mountains and reaches the Atlantic at Larache. The Phoenician, Mauretanian and Roman town of Lixus stood on a hill above its estuary, and in 1578 the Battle of Alcácer Quibir, or of the Three Kings, was fought beside it near Ksar el-Kebir.

Loukkos
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Loukkos. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/loukkos
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The Epoch Institute. “Loukkos.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/loukkos.
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