Kenitra (Moroccan Arabic: القنيطرة, the little bridge; Berber name: Qniṭra) is a city in northern Morocco, formerly (1932–1956) known as Port Lyautey. It is a port on the Sebou River, has a population in 2004 of 359,142 and is the capital of the Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen region. During the Cold War Kenitra's U.S.