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 centre o the Moroccan petrol. it haes a population o 188,619 (2004 census).
Geography
[eedit | eedit soorce]Location
[eedit | eedit soorce]Mohammédia lies alang the Atlantic Ocean 15 mile (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
[eedit | eedit soorce]Mohammédia haes a Mediterranean climate. The moderatin effect o the Atlantic ocean influences strangly on the ceety climate an maks its winter saft an warm, an its simmer het an ceul. Mohammédia enjoys plenty o sunshine throughoot the year wi measurable precipitation annually.
The period o November throu 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 throu October is warm tae het 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 whiles 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) |
22 (71) |
| Average law °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 (58) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46 (1.8) |
33 (1.3) |
28 (1.1) |
23 (0.9) |
9 (0.4) |
3 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
4 (0.2) |
28 (1.1) |
53 (2.1) |
54 (2.1) |
283 (11.1) |
| Source: msn Weather [1] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
[eedit | eedit soorce]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 indwallers 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 indwallers 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
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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]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Average Conditions Mohammedia, [[Morocco]]". msn Weather. Archived frae the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2011. URL–wikilink conflict (help)
- ↑ http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Journal/Article.asp?idr=112&id=142117l Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine (french)
- ↑ http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Journal/Article.asp?idr=112&id=147705 Archived 2011-07-22 at Archive.today (french)