Oualidia
| Oualidia الوليدية ⵍⵡⴰⵍⵉⴷⵢⵢⴰ |
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 Morocco
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| Region : | Casablanca Settat | ||||
| Province : | Sidi Bennour | ||||
| Coordinates | 32 ° 44 ′ N , 9 ° 2 ′ W | ||||
| Residents : | 18,616 (2014) | ||||
| Height : | 20 m | ||||
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Oualidia or Loualidia ( Arabic الوليدية, Central Atlas Tamazight ⵍⵡⴰⵍⵉⴷⵢⵢⴰ Lwalidyya ) is a Moroccan fishing village with nearly 20,000 inhabitants in the province of Sidi Bennour in the region Casablanca-Settat .
location
Oualidia is located on the coast of the historic Doukkala region at an altitude of approx. 10 to 45 m above sea level. d. M. The distance to El Jadida is approx. 78 km (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction; to Casablanca it is about 180 km in a north-easterly direction. The climate is rather temperate by Moroccan standards.
population
| year | 1994 | 2004 | 2014 |
| Residents | 13,076 | 15,433 | 18,616 |
The majority of the inhabitants are of Berber descent and immigrated from the surrounding mountain regions after the independence of Morocco. Most of the time, however, Moroccan Arabic is spoken .
economy
The place used to be characterized by fishing, oyster farming and agriculture, cattle breeding also plays a certain role. In the place itself there were craftsmen, small traders and other service professions. Since the end of the 20th century, tourism (holiday apartments, hotels, etc.) has played an increasingly important role in economic life.
history
As in all Berber-inhabited areas of the Maghreb, there is little information about the history of the place before the beginning of the Protectorate period . In the 17th century, the Saadian Sultan Al-Walid (ruled 1631–1636), after whom the place is named, built a fortress ( kasbah ), but only remains of it have survived. For centuries Oualidia was probably just a fishing village with about 1,000 inhabitants; Only after the independence of Morocco (1956) did the immigration-related population growth of the place begin.
Attractions
The lagoon and beaches are the main attractions of the place.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population statistics Morocco ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Oualidia - climate tables