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El Jadida

Northern Africa

El Jadida is a port city on Morocco Atlantic coast in the Casablanca-Settat region, about 96 kilometers south of Casablanca, with a population of 237,464 as of 2024. Originally founded by the Portuguese in the early sixteenth century as the fortified town of Mazagan, with star-shaped walls designed against Renaissance-era siege technology, it remained under Portuguese control until 1769 before being revived under Sultan Abd al-Rahman and renamed al-Jadida, meaning the New, in 1820. Today the city economy rests on heritage tourism, its historic core having been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, together with the nearby Jorf Lasfar industrial complex that processes the region's phosphate reserves.

Facts
Population
235,681 1
Area (sq km)
0.075 1
Founding Year
500 BCE to 401 BCE 2
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Latitude
33.2342 degrees north 1
Longitude
8.5228 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 3
Sources
1. El Jadida (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 235,681 (2024)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 33.2342, longitude -8.5228
  • P2046 (area)
    area 0.075 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 235681 (2024)
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2. El Jadida (Wikipedia)
  • History
    El Jadida traces its origins to the 5th century BC, when it was founded and settled by the Phoenicians.
  • History section
    El Jadida traces its origins to the 5th century BC, when it was founded and settled by the Phoenicians.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. GeoNames: El Jadida - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2550078
    33.25682 -8.50882 P PPL MA 06 181 212863 10 Africa/Casablanca
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 10 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.25, -8.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.25, -8.75
33.25 -8.75 Csa
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