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St. Peter's Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rabat) is a Roman Catholic church located at Golan Square (Place du Golan) in downtown Rabat, Morocco. It was erected in the early 20th century in the Art Deco style. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Peter, and is the ecclesiastical seat of the Archdiocese of Rabat. [citation needed]
Africa, the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, spans across six different time zone offsets from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): UTC−01:00 to UTC+04:00.
The first tram network to exist in Rabat was inaugurated in 1917 and operated until 1930 when it was replaced by trolley buses. [1] The modern system is 26 km (16.2 mi) long with 43 stops. It has two lines (1 and 2) with a combined section and frequency of 8 minutes in peak hours. It has a calculated ridership of 172,000 passengers per day.
Rabat (/ r ə ˈ b ɑː t /, also UK: / r ə ˈ b æ t /, US: / r ɑː ˈ b ɑː t /; [3] [4] [5] Arabic: الرباط, romanized: ar-Ribāṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) [2] and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million.
June–July: African Youth Games held in Rabat; 2011 February: Political demonstration. [10] Rabat-Salé tramway begins operating. Population: 1,843,000. [4] 2012 - Rabat–Salé Airport new terminal opens. 2013 - Archives du Maroc opens. 2014 - Population: 578,644 (estimate). [11] 2015 - City becomes part of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra ...
The 'Alawi sultans and kings have maintained a palace in Rabat since the 18th-century reign of sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah, who used Rabat as one of his imperial residences and renovated royal palaces in other cities. [2] [1] The current building was built in 1864 by Mohammed IV to replace the older palace. [1]
The headquarters of the ministry in Rabat is the former seat of the Resident-general in the French protectorate in Morocco.It is located on a prominent position to the south of the walled city of Rabat, east of the Dar al-Makhzen royal palace.