El Jadida (Mazagan)
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Doukkala-Abda /
El Jadida, El-Jadida /
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, 3 km from center (الجديدة)
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town, UNESCO World Heritage Site
El Jadida (Berber: Mazghan, Arabic:الجديدة "new") is a port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, in the province of El Jadida. It has a population of 144,440 (2004 census). From the sea, El Jadida's old city; has a very "un-Moorish" appearance; it has massive Portuguese 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, where they founded new settlement Nova Mazagão (now in Amapá). El Jadida was then taken over by Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah.
El Jadida fortified town.
Manueline cistern of the El Jadida fortress.
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 Church of the Assumption.
At present, the city's main exports are beans, almonds, maize, chickpeas, wool, hides, wax and eggs. It imports cotton, sugar, tea and rice. The presence of nearby ports and factories is responsible for the pollution of El Jadida's beaches.
The modern city of Essaouira (containing some of the earliest recorded Phoenician settlement history of Morocco: the archaeological ruins of Mogador) connects to El Jadida from the south via the R301 road.
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, where they founded new settlement Nova Mazagão (now in Amapá). El Jadida was then taken over by Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah.
El Jadida fortified town.
Manueline cistern of the El Jadida fortress.
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 Church of the Assumption.
At present, the city's main exports are beans, almonds, maize, chickpeas, wool, hides, wax and eggs. It imports cotton, sugar, tea and rice. The presence of nearby ports and factories is responsible for the pollution of El Jadida's beaches.
The modern city of Essaouira (containing some of the earliest recorded Phoenician settlement history of Morocco: the archaeological ruins of Mogador) connects to El Jadida from the south via the R301 road.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Jadida
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 33°13'54"N 8°30'11"W
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- Banc d'Arguin National Park 1572 km
- Lake District National Park 2425 km
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve - UNESCO World Heritage Site 2840 km
- Vatnajökull 3578 km
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park 6749 km
- Everglades National Park 6976 km
- Parque Nacional Darién 7634 km
- Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve 7861 km
- Coiba Island 8008 km
- Cité ONCF 0.5 km
- Ryad Essalam 1 km
- Lotissement OCP 1.1 km
- Nawras 1.5 km
- Hay Nassim - OCP 1.9 km
- al ma9bara ( allahoma irhamhom ) 2 km
- quartier Aérodrome 2.1 km
- Hay al'amal 2.2 km
- Sopreja 2.3 km
- Hay Saada 2.6 km
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