Temara

Coordinates: 33°55′36″N 6°54′44″W / 33.92667°N 6.91222°W / 33.92667; -6.91222
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Temara
تمارة (Arabic)
Temara is located in Morocco
Temara
Temara
Location in Morocco
Temara is located in Africa
Temara
Temara
Temara (Africa)
Coordinates: 33°55′36″N 6°54′44″W / 33.92667°N 6.91222°W / 33.92667; -6.91222
Country Morocco
RegionRabat-Salé-Kénitra
PrefectureSkhirate-Témara
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total313,510
 • Rank12th in Morocco
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Temara (Arabic: تمارة) is a coastal town in Morocco.[2] It is located in the region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, directly south of Rabat on the Atlantic coast, in the suburban area of the capital. The city with 313,510 inhabitants as of 2014[1] is the capital of Skhirate-Témara Prefecture. It is twinned with Saint Germain en Laye, France. The city has beaches and a small pleasure port.

History[edit]

Temara was founded in the twelfth century (1130–1163) by Sultan Othman El Arfaoui, who built a mosque there and named it Al Maha. Five centuries later, Mulai Ismail built the current wall and made from Temara a ribat (casern) around Said mosque. Later, Mulay Abd ar-Rahman (1822–1859) and Mulay Abdul Aziz (1894–1908), completed (Kasbah of the Udayas) as religious and military camps. Temara also has a small network of coastal caves, notably El Harhoura 2 cave and El Mnasra cave (formerly known as the Smugglers' Cave), which are archaeological sites dating back 120,000 years, from the Aterian age.[3]

Climate[edit]

Temara has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). In winter there is more rainfall than in summer. The average annual temperature in Temara is 17.8 °C (64.0 °F). About 505 mm (19.88 in) of precipitation falls annually.

Climate data for Temara
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 17.2
(63.0)
18.4
(65.1)
20.3
(68.5)
21.8
(71.2)
23.6
(74.5)
26.0
(78.8)
28.1
(82.6)
28.8
(83.8)
27.6
(81.7)
25.4
(77.7)
21.2
(70.2)
18.4
(65.1)
23.1
(73.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 7.3
(45.1)
7.7
(45.9)
9.3
(48.7)
10.8
(51.4)
13.1
(55.6)
15.9
(60.6)
17.6
(63.7)
18.2
(64.8)
16.9
(62.4)
14.3
(57.7)
10.9
(51.6)
8.4
(47.1)
12.5
(54.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 75
(3.0)
66
(2.6)
61
(2.4)
53
(2.1)
21
(0.8)
5
(0.2)
0
(0)
1
(0.0)
7
(0.3)
41
(1.6)
74
(2.9)
101
(4.0)
505
(19.9)
Source: Climate-Data.org,Climate data

Economy[edit]

Temara is close to Morocco's two main cities, Rabat, the capital, and economic center Casablanca.

Two main zones share the essence of the industrial units in the city of Temara. The first is in the direction of Casablanca, and, with a total area of 120 hectares, extensible to 300 Ha work 55 industrial units in this zone, contains the more clean industry sectors (textiles, packaging, printing, food). The second industrial zone is at the other end of town, in the direction of Rabat. It is the industrial zone Attasnia, which, with a total of 20 hectares, contains 23 industrial units (such as textiles, electronics, chemicals).

People[edit]

The population was at first constituted by Zaer tribes and different tribes of Oudayas (Military groups from different regions of Morocco were established by the Sultan, as exchange of their Military service to the Sultan they had the right to cultivate the land). Now the population was diversified by all ethnicities in Morocco: Arabs and various Amazigh groups (Riffians, Chleuhs and Hassanis).

Notable people[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. ^ Temara Location information.
  3. ^ "Temara Travel Guide". Travel Guides Genius.

External links[edit]

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