Essaouira
ceety in Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
Essaouira (Berber: ⵎⵓⴳⴰⴹⵓⵔ Taṣṣurt, Arabic: الصويرة, as-Ṣawīra) is a ceety in the wastren Moroccan economic region o Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, on the Atlantic coast. Syne the 16t century, the ceety haes an aa been kent bi its Portuguese name o Mogador or Mogadore. The Berber name means the waw, a reference tae the fortress waws that oreeginally enclosed the ceety.
Essaouira | |
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Ceety an Wilaya | |
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  Essaouira Location in Morocco | |
| Coordinates: 31°30′47″N 9°46′11″W / 31.51306°N 9.76972°W | |
| Kintra |  Morocco |
| Region | Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Asma Chaâbi |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 70,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Internaitional relations eedit
Twin touns — sister ceeties eedit
Essaouira is twinned wi:
La Rochelle, Fraunce (since 1999)[1]
References eedit
- ↑ "La Rochelle: Twin towns". www.ville-larochelle.fr. Archived frae the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2009.