Kenitra (Moroccan Arabic: قْنيطره, Qniṭra; Arabic: القنيطرة, al-qonayṭéra , the little bridge; Berber: Qniṭra, ⵇⵏⵉⵟⵔⴰ) is a city in northern Morocco, formerly (1932–1956) known as Port Lyautey. It is a port on the Sbu river, has a population in 2014 of 431,282, is one of the three main cities of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region and the Chef-lieu of the Province of Kénitra. During the Cold War Kenitra's U.S. Naval Air Facility served as a stopping point in North Africa.