Mohammedia
Mohammedia (Arabic: المحمدية, Al-Muhammadia) is a port ceety on the wast coast o Morocco locatit atween Casablanca an Rabat in the region o Greater Casablanca. It hosts the maist important ile refinery o Morocco, Samir, which mak it the center o the Moroccan petrol. it haes a population o 188,619 (2004 census).
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Geography [edit]
Location [edit]
Mohammédia lies alang the Atlantic Ocean 15 miles (24 km) northeast o Casablanca. It's locatit atween the ootlets o the rivers Oued El-Maleh an Oued Nfifikh an is bordered bi the Atlantic Ocean tae the north, Ben Slimane Province tae the east an sooth, an the prefectur o Sidi Bernoussi-Zenata tae the wast.
Climate [edit]
Mohammédia haes a Mediterranean climate. The moderatin effect o the Atlantic ocean influences strangly on the ceety climate an makes its winter soft an warm, an its simmer hot an ceul. Mohammédia enjoys plenty o sunshine throughoot the year wi measurable precipitation annually.
The period o November through Aprile is mild an rainy wi average heich temperaturs o 63–70 °F (17–21 °C) an laws o 48–53 °F (9–12 °C), housomeivver temperaturs can occasionally drop tae aroond 36 °F (2 °C) in the fore-nuin, or be as heich as 80 °F (27 °C) for a few days durin winter.
The period o Mey through October is warm tae hot an dry wi average heich temperaturs o 72–79 °F (22–26 °C) an laws o 59–68 °F (15–20 °C), but temperaturs frequently exceed 90 °F (32 °C) an occasionally reach 104 °F (40 °C).
Maist rainfaw occurs frae November tae Aprile. The average o precipitation annually is aroond 11.8 inches (~300.00mm). Precipitations are generally licht rain showers, but sometimes hivy rainfaw an thunderstorms. Snawfaw haes niver occurred in the ceety.
| Climate data for Mohammedia | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 17 (63) |
18 (64) |
19 (66) |
20 (68) |
22 (72) |
24 (75) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
24 (75) |
21 (70) |
18 (64) |
21.8 (71.2) |
| Average laich °C (°F) | 9 (48) |
10 (50) |
11 (52) |
12 (54) |
15 (59) |
18 (64) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
19 (66) |
16 (61) |
13 (55) |
10 (50) |
14.4 (58.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 46 (1.81) |
33 (1.3) |
28 (1.1) |
23 (0.91) |
9 (0.35) |
3 (0.12) |
1 (0.04) |
1 (0.04) |
4 (0.16) |
28 (1.1) |
53 (2.09) |
54 (2.13) |
283 (11.14) |
| Source: msn Weather [1] | |||||||||||||
Demographics [edit]
The population o Mohammédia is growin at a fast rate. The ceety, which haed a sma population o anerlie 500 fowk in 1914, is currently the hame o aboot 204,000 fowk. The population o aw the prefectur o Mohammédia is estimatit at 336,000 inhabitants wi an average population density o 12,900 fowk per square mile (5,000.00/km²). Aw fowk o the Moroccan Kinrick are representit in this region. The first inhabitants o the ceety wur the Zenata tribes which anerlie few o them remain, dividit territorially atween Mohammédia an neighborin prefecturs. Anither Arab tribe o Mauritanie, cried Mjedba, setteled atween Fédala an Mediouna three centuries ago an are nou twice as mony as Zenata.
| 1994 | 2004 | 2010 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 170,063 | 188,619 | 203,748 | |||
| 1994, 2004 : offeecial census; 2010 : calcul. | |||||
Toun twinnin [edit]
Ghent, Belgium syne 1982,
Az Zawiyah, Libie syne 2006,
Perpignan, Fraunce syne 2009,- Belfort, Fraunce syne 2010,
- Dreux , Fraunce syne 2010.
Noginsk , Roushie syne 2010.[2]
Jiangyin , Cheenae syne 2011.[3]
