Agadir
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Summary
Agadir is an urban commune of Morocco[1]. Agadir ranks in the top 0.78% of urban commune of morocco entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,273 views/month, #1 of 128).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Agadir-Ida-Ou-Tanane Prefecture[3]
- Country: Morocco[4]
- Head of government: Aziz Akhannouch[5]
- Instance of: city[6], big city[7]
- Official language: Arabic[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Montreuil[9], Oakland[10], Miami[11], Olhão[12], Nantes[13], Stavanger[14], Shiraz[15], Vigan[16], Douala[17], Pleven[18]
- Postal code: 80000[19]
- Commons category: Agadir[20]
- Located in time zone: Central European Time[21], UTC±00:00[22], UTC+01:00[23]
- Local dialing code: 48[24]
- Inception: 1505[25]
- Significant event: Fall of Agadir[26], 1960 Agadir earthquake[27], Agadir air disaster[28]
- Official website: http://www.agadir.ma[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Agadir[30]
- Commons gallery: Agadir[31]
- Population: 132,387[32], 254,865[33], 346,106[34], 421,844[35], 538,000[36], 504,768[37]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[38], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[40], Great dictionary of geographical names[41], New International Encyclopedia[42], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[43]
- Capital of: Souss-Massa[44]
- Official name: أكادير[45], ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ[46]
- Category for people born here: Category:Peope born in Agadir[47]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Agadir[48]
- Number of households: 52,501[49], 77,485[50], 105,057[51], 143,553[52]
- Demonym: Agadirois[53], Agadiroise[54], ⴳⴳⵯ ⵓⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ[55], ⵓⵍⵜ ⵓⴳⴰⵔ[56], ⴰⵢⵜ ⵓⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ[57], ⵉⵙⵜ ⵓⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ[58]
- Native label: أڭادير[59]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Agadir include Agadir–Al Massira Airport[60], an international airport[61], in Morocco[62]; Agadir-Inezgane Airport[63], an airport[64], in Morocco[65]; and Agadir Agreement[66], a treaty[67].
Why It Matters
Agadir has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] Agadir is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]
Entities named for Agadir include Agadir–Al Massira Airport[60], an international airport[61], in Morocco[62]; Agadir-Inezgane Airport[63], an airport[64], in Morocco[65]; and Agadir Agreement[66], a treaty[67].