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Agadir (Arabic: أكادير or أڭادير, romanized: ʾagādīr, pronounced [ʔaɡaːdiːr]; Tachelhit: ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ) is a major city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Souss River flows into the ocean, and 509 kilometres (316 mi) south of Casablanca.
An agadir (Tachelhit: ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ, plural: igudar or iguidar, "the wall" or "the fortified compound") is a fortified communal granary found in the Maghreb. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Morocco, agadir s are most commonly found in the regions of the High Atlas , the Anti-Atlas mountains, and the Draa Valley . [ 3 ]
Crocoparc Agadir is a crocodile zoological park located in the town of Drarga, in the suburbs of Agadir, Morocco. The park opened in May 2015. The park opened in May 2015. The park has 325 Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) as well as giant tortoises (Centrochelys sulcata), green iguanas , giant pythons , anacondas, and marmosets .
The oldest building in the compound, Dar al-Emrat, dates to 1740. Summer Palace of Skhirat, created by King Hassan II, [4] the scene of the 1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt; [5] Royal Palace of Agadir, created by Hassan II in the 1990s and including an ocean-facing golf course; [6]
Al Maghrib was the first Arabic newspaper of the country, and was established in 1886. [9] It was a local media, based in Tetouan.. The first national newspaper to be published in Arabic by Moroccans was an-Nafahat az-Zakiya fi l-Akhbar il-Maghrebiya (النفحات الزكية في الأخبار المغربية The Pleasant Notes in the News of Morocco) in 1889.
Map of Moroccan highways and expressways Casablanca-Rabat expressway (A1) going northbound near Temara. Morocco's network of motorways is administered by the state-owned company Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM). It runs the network on a pay-per-use basis, with toll stations placed along its length. The general speed limit is 120 km/h.
In a year in which it seemed every great luminary got a moment under the documentary lens, it can be a bit difficult to parse out which were must-see. This list will have you covered.
Morocco, [d] officially the Kingdom of Morocco, [e] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south.