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El Jadida (???????) is a port city on the Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 coast of Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
, in the province of El Jadida
El Jadida (province)

El Jadida is a province of Morocco, in the area of Doukkala-Abda. The province takes its name from the chief city - El Jadida. Its population in 2006 was 1,128,098....
. It has a population of 144,440 (2004 census) and is the port for Marrakech
Marrakech

Marrakesh or Marrakech , known as the "Red City", is an important city/Wiktionary:medina in Morocco. It has a population of 1,036,500 , and is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz , near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains....
, 110 miles to the south. From the sea, El Jadida has a very un-Moorish appearance; it has massive Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 walls of hewn stone.

El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazagão), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769, when they abandoned Mazagão.






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El Jadida (???????) is a port city on the Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 coast of Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
, in the province of El Jadida
El Jadida (province)

El Jadida is a province of Morocco, in the area of Doukkala-Abda. The province takes its name from the chief city - El Jadida. Its population in 2006 was 1,128,098....
. It has a population of 144,440 (2004 census) and is the port for Marrakech
Marrakech

Marrakesh or Marrakech , known as the "Red City", is an important city/Wiktionary:medina in Morocco. It has a population of 1,036,500 , and is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz , near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains....
, 110 miles to the south. From the sea, El Jadida has a very un-Moorish appearance; it has massive Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 walls of hewn stone.

El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazagão), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769, when they abandoned Mazagão. Its inhabitants were evacuated to Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
, where they founded new settlement Nova Mazagão
Mazagão

Mazag?o is a municipality located in the south of the state of Amap? in Brazil. Its population is 13,913 and its area is 13,131 km?.The city was named after the Portuguese colony Mazag?o in North Africa, now El Jadida, which the Portuguese abandoned in 1769....
 (now in Amapá
Amapá

Amap? is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the extreme north, bordering French Guiana and Suriname to the north. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south and west is the Brazilian state of Par?....
). El Jadida was then taken over by Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah.

The Portuguese Fortified City of Mazagan was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, on the basis of its status as an "outstanding example of the interchange of influences between European and Moroccan cultures" and as an "early example of the realisation of the Renaissance ideals integrated with Portuguese construction technology".


According to UNESCO, the most important buildings from the Portuguese period are the cistern, and the Manueline
Manueline

The Manueline, or Portuguese late Gothic is the sumptuous, composite Portugal style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century, incorporating maritime elements and representations of the discoveries brought from the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro ?lvares Cabral....
 Church of the Assumption.

At present, the city's main exports are beans, almonds, maize
Maize

Maize , known as corn in some countries, is a cereal domesticated in Mesoamerica and subsequently spread throughout the American continents....
, chick-peas, wool
Wool

Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells, called follicles, of animals in the Caprinae family, principally domestic sheep, but the hair of certain species of other Mammalia such as cashmere goat, llamas, rabbits and keeshonds may also be called wool....
, hides
Hides

Hides are skins obtained from animals for human use. Examples of animal hide sources are deer and cattle typically used for producing leather, alligator skins, snake skins for shoes and fashion accessories and wild cats, minks and bears, whose skins are primarily sought for their fur....
, wax
Wax

Wax has traditionally referred to a substance that is secreted by bees and used by them in constructing their honeycombs.It is an imprecisely defined term generally understood to be a substance with properties similar to beeswax, namely...
 and eggs
Egg (biology)

In most birds and reptiles, an egg is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. To enable incubation the egg is usually kept within a favourable temperature range as it nourishes and protects the growing embryo....
. It imports cotton, sugar
Sugar

Sugar is a class of edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste buds interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in fruit, honey, sorghum, sugar maple , and in many other sources....
, tea
Tea

Tea refers to the agricultural products of the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant, prepared and cured by various methods....
 and rice
Rice

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
. The presence of nearby ports and factories is responsible for the pollution
Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms ....
 of El Jadida's beaches.

The modern city of Essaouira
Essaouira

Essaouira is a city / wilaya and tourist resort, in the western Moroccan economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz , on the Atlantic Ocean....
 (containing some of the earliest recorded Phoenician
Phoenician

Phoenician may refer to:*Phoenicia, the ancient civilization*Phoenician alphabet*Phoenician languagePhoenician may also be:*A native or resident of Phoenix, Arizona...
 settlement history of Morocco: the archaeological ruins of Mogador) connects to El Jadida from the south via the R301
R301

R301 is a coastal highway in Western Morocco connecting the cities of Essaouira and El Jadida. This paved highway varies between two and four lanes of travel....
 road.

People

  • Driss Chraïbi
    Driss Chraïbi

    Driss Chra?bi was a Morocco author whose novels deal with colonialism, culture clashes, generational conflict and the treatment of women and are often semi-autobiography....
     (1926 – 2007)


Town twinning
Town twinning

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  • Vierzon
    Vierzon

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    , France
    France

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  • Arenzano
    Arenzano

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    , Italy
    Italy

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  • Tacoma, WA, United States
    United States

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External links

  • El jadida Camping