Moulay Yacoub
| Moulay Yacoub مولاي يعقوب ⵎⵓⵍⴰⵢ ⵉⵄⵇⵓⴱ |
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 Morocco
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| Region : | Fès-Meknes | ||||
| Province : | Moulay Yacoub | ||||
| Coordinates | 34 ° 5 ′ N , 5 ° 11 ′ W | ||||
| Residents : | 3,153 (2004) | ||||
| Height : | 240 m | ||||
Moulay Yacoub ( Arabic مولاي يعقوب; Moroccan Tamazight ⵎⵓⵍⴰⵢ ⵉⵄⵇⵓⴱ Mulay Iɛqub ) is a small town in Morocco with about 4000 inhabitants. It is the administrative seat of the province of the same name in the Fès-Meknes region . In addition to Sidi Harazem , Moulay Yacoub is known as a health resort in large parts of Morocco .
location
Moulay Yacoub is located in a hilly landscape characterized by fields at an altitude of about 240 m, about 23 km (driving distance) northwest of Fès and about 60 km northeast of Meknes .
economy
The city is a health resort with numerous hotels and restaurants as well as a healing spring that supplies very hot water containing sulfur and radon , which is used for rheumatism , skin diseases and venereal diseases. The center of the place is the tomb ( qubba ) of the local saint ( marabout ) Moulay Yacoub, visited by pilgrims , in which his cenotaph (tābūt) is located.
Moulay Yacoub is also a popular windsurfing destination . In April 2018, the first Windsurf World Cup event took place here.
Town twinning
- Aix-les-Bains , Savoy , France
literature
- Peter Lindner: [http://www.geo.uni-frankfurt.de/ifh/Personen/lindner/downloads/Heiligtum.pdf (Link not available) Sanctuary or spa? Functional change in traditional pilgrimage sites in Morocco using the example of Sidi Harazem and Moulay Jacoub. ] (PDF; 2.2 MB) Erlanger Geographical Works, booklet 58. Self-published by the Franconian Geographical Society in commission at Palm & Enke, Erlangen 1996
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population statistics Morocco ( Memento from July 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Vincent Crapanzano : The Hamadsha. A Study in Moroccan Ethnopsychiatry. University of California Press, Berkeley / Los Angeles / London 1973, p. 62