| El Jadida | ||
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| State | Morocco | |
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| Region | North Atlantic coast of Morocco | |
| Surface | 28 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 217.975 (2020) | |
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El Jadida is a city of North Atlantic coast of Morocco.
To know
Located along the Atlantic coast, between Casablanca ed Essaouira, El Jadida is a famous destination for the Portuguese fortress and its medina with its riads transformed into tourist accommodation. The best beaches are located 5 km away.
Background
THE Portuguese they built a fortress there which they baptized Mazagão with the aim of offering a safe stopover to the canals that went from the motherland to the possessions in Africa and in India. They were displaced by Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah after a siege that lasted a few days.
The Portuguese left for the Brazil where they founded the colony of Nova Mazagão, their place was taken by Jewish merchants who settled inside the fortress with the permission of the sultan. The city expanded thanks to the commercial initiative of the newcomers but at the time of the domination French entered into a phase of decline due, above all, to the opening of the new port of Casablanca, a hundred kilometers further north.
How to orient yourself
El Jadida: full screen map.How to get
- 1 Port of El Jadida. It is located in the city center and is reserved for pleasure boats and fishing boats.
- The port of Jorf Lasfar, 17 km south of the center, is a mining port, open to international trade since 1982.
On the train
- 2 Train station. The train station is 4 km from the center. Trains from Casablanca (about 5 per day) which take about an hour to cover the 110 km that separate the two cities. Information on timetables and prices on the website of ONCF.
By bus
- 3 Long distance bus station. The bus station CTM it is instead in a more central position, on Viale Mohammed V.
How to get around
What see
- 1 Portuguese cistern, Hachmi Bahbah.
- 2 Sidi Bouafi Lighthouse.
- 3 Mohamed Afifi Theater. It is a former theater inaugurated in the early 1920s by Marshal Hubert Lyautey, lieutenant general of the France in Morocco from 1912 to 1925.
Events and parties
- 4 Moussem Moulay Abdellah Amghar. Every year, in August and for a week, it is held in the village of Moulay Abdellah, located 15 km from El Jadida, a moussem (religious holiday) in honor of the marabout (Muslim saint) Moulay Abdellah Amghar. The most anticipated event is an equestrian show attended by more than 1,800 riders.
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
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How to keep in touch
Around
- North
- (Along the coast road for Casablanca)
- 1 Azemmour (17 km along the R301) - Fishing village with a picturesque medina overlooking the mouth of the Oum er-Rbia ouadi. Like El Jadida, Azemmour was also a Portuguese trading post.
- South
- (Along the coast road for Safi)
- 2 Sidi Bouzid (5 km) - Seaside resort consisting of second homes and a bungalow holiday club. Sidi Bouzid Beach is considered to be one of the most beautiful beaches on the Atlantic coast.
- 3 Oualidia (79 km) - A town surrounded by lagoons that allow bathing in the shelter of the rush of the ocean, Oualidia can be crowded in high season. The locality is also a center of oyster cultivation.
