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Agadir
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Agadir (Morocco)
Agadir
Agadir
Basic data
State : MoroccoMorocco Morocco
Region : Souss-Massa
Prefecture : Agadir-Ida ou Tanane
Coordinates 30 ° 25 ′  N , 9 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 30 ° 25 ′  N , 9 ° 35 ′  W
Residents : 698,310 (2014)
Height : 23  m
City administration website :
View from the Kasbah on Agadir with Marina
View from the Kasbah on Agadir with Marina

Agadir (from Taschelhit ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ agadir , German 'Speicherburg' ; Arabic أكادير) is a port city on the Atlantic in southern Morocco , about 500 km south of Casablanca with 698,310 inhabitants (2014 calculation). Agadir is the capital of Agadir-Ida ou Tanane prefecture and the Souss-Massa region .

geography

Agadir is located at the mouth of the Oued Souss River in the Atlantic Ocean.

Weather mirror

There is a year-round dry, warm climate with temperatures averaging around 22 ° C. Occasionally fresh gusts occur.


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Min. Temperature (° C) 9 9 11 12 15th 17th 19th 20th 19th 15th 12 10 O 14th
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 5 7th 7th 9 10 10 11 10 9 7th 6th 5 O 8th
Rainy days ( d ) 12 10 10 6th 5 2 0 0 2 7th 11 12 Σ 77
Humidity ( % ) 78 77 77 77 76 75 76 80 80 77 76 76 O 77.1
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history

Agadir was founded in 1505 by Portuguese sailors . In 1541 the Saadians conquered the city. In 1751 King Frederick V of Denmark tried - ultimately unsuccessfully - by concluding a friendship and trade treaty with Mulai Muhammad , the governor of Marrakech, Danish bases in what is now Agadir ( Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué or Cabo de Aguer ) and in Safi to build.

In 1911, at the height of Franco-German tensions and rivalries over Morocco, Germany dispatched the gunboats SMS Panther and SMS Eber and the small cruiser SMS Berlin to Agadir. The incident, known as the Panther Leap to Agadir , which almost led to a major European war, prompted France to declare Morocco a French protected area in 1912 (in the Protectorate Treaty of November 1912 it was divided into the protectorates of French Morocco and Spanish Morocco (im North); for details see History of Morocco ).

Swiss Quarter
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portal
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On the evening of February 29, 1960, the city was devastated by an earthquake , killing around 10,000 to 15,000 people. Apart from the Kasbah (240 meters above sea level), Agadir has only a few historical buildings today. Many nations helped Agadir rebuild . Switzerland even built up a whole quarter (“Swiss Quarter”).

In 1975, the most serious plane crash in Morocco so far occurred in front of the city, killing 188 .

economy

Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce under palm trees
Linguist
Administration building

Agadir is located in a mining area with cobalt , manganese and zinc deposits , which are shipped via the natural harbor. Tourism , fishing and fish processing as well as the manufacture of metal goods are the most important branches of the economy alongside mining . Tourism in particular has been strongly promoted in recent years through the targeted construction of holiday complexes in and outside the city.

Al Massira International Airport (IATA code AGA , ICAO code GMAD ) was used by 1.4 million passengers in 2006. It also offers direct connections to numerous European commercial airports.

religion

There are numerous mosques in the city.

The Jewish community has a synagogue in the center of the city. It has only 26 families with around 100 members.

tourism

The city is characterized by large hotel complexes and the trade in handicrafts of all kinds in the areas near the beach . Local providers organize day trips to get to know the country and its people . B. to Essaouira , Tafraoute , Marrakesh , Tiznit and through the mountain ranges of the Anti-Atlas and the Atlas Mountains .

sons and daughters of the town

gallery

  • Agadir Bay with the Kasbah (1905).

  • Bay and Kasbah today. The writing on the mountain is the motto of Morocco: God, Fatherland, King ( Arabic : الله ، الوطن ، الملك DMG Allāh, al-Watan, al-Malik )

  • Loubnan Mosque.

  • The Medina of Agadir.

  • View of the Mohammed V. -Boulevard.

Web links

Commons : Agadir  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Agadir  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Morocco population statistics. Retrieved April 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Klimatabelle.de
  3. ^ Office National Des Aéroports (ed.): Rappel sur l'historique du trafic passager par aéroport (1994–2006) . April 5, 2007. online ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )