Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco · Africa
85,137
Population
Africa
Continent
Casablanca
Timezone
MA
Country Code
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. The foundation of the city of 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 Corn...
Coordinates
31.5125°, -9.7700°
Region/State
Marrakesh-Safi
District
Essaouira
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Country
Morocco
Region
Marrakesh-Safi
Timezone
Africa/Casablanca
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