Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco · Africa
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Essaouira is a town located in Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco. With a population of 85,137, it is an important destination in Africa.
On a road trip, Essaouira sits in Morocco, where you drive on the right. It's in the Africa/Casablanca time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Essaouira to your route.
Essaouira ( ESS-ə-WEER-ə; Arabic: الصويرة, romanized: aṣ-Ṣawīra), known until the 1960s as Mogador (Arabic: موغادور, romanized: Mūghādūr, or موݣادور, Mūgādūr), is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marrakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast. It has 77,966 inhabitants as of 2014.
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Essaouira was the work of the Moroccan 'Alawid sultan Mohammed bin Abdallah, who made an original experiment by entrusting it to several architects in 1760, in particular Théodore Cornut and Ahmed al-Inglizi, who designed the city using French captives from the failed French expedition to Larache in 1765, and with the mission of building a city adapted to the needs of foreign merchants. Once built, it continued to grow and experienced a golden age and exceptional development, becoming the country's most important commercial port but also its diplomatic capital between the end of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century.
The Medina of Essaouira was designated by the UNESCO a World Heritage Site in 2001.
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Essaouira is located in Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco, Africa. The coordinates are 31.5125 latitude, -9.7700 longitude.
Essaouira has a population of approximately 85,137 people, making it a town in Morocco.
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