Essaouira

Summary

Essaouira is a city^[1]. Essaouira ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (495 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Essaouira was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• Essaouira was a member of Organization of World Heritage Cities^[4].
• Essaouira is located in Essaouira Province^[5].
• Essaouira is in the country of Morocco^[6].
• Essaouira is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[7].
• Essaouira's head of government is recorded as Asma Chaabi^[8].
• Essaouira's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Essaouira's instance of is recorded as urban commune of Morocco^[10].
• Essaouira's twinned administrative body is recorded as La Rochelle^[11].
• Essaouira's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cascais^[12].
• Essaouira is part of South Atlantic Coast (Morocco)^[13].
• Essaouira's Commons category is recorded as Essaouira^[14].
• Essaouira's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.513023, 'lon': -9.768696}^[15].
• Essaouira's official website is recorded as https://communeessaouira.ma/ar^[16].
• Essaouira's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Essaouira^[17].
• Essaouira has a population of {'amount': '+70000'}^[18].
• Essaouira has a population of {'amount': '+77966'}^[19].
• Essaouira has a population of {'amount': '+56074'}^[20].
• Essaouira has a population of {'amount': '+69493'}^[21].
• Essaouira has a population of {'amount': '+82962'}^[22].
• Essaouira's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Essaouira's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[24].
• Essaouira's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Essaouira's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[26].
• Essaouira's capital of is recorded as Essaouira Province^[27].

Body

Geography

Essaouira is in the country of Morocco^[6]. Essaouira is located in Essaouira Province^[5]. Essaouira is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[7]. Essaouira is part of South Atlantic Coast (Morocco)^[13].

Physical Characteristics

Essaouira covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+90'}^[28]. Essaouira sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+11'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+70000'}^[18], {'amount': '+77966'}^[19], {'amount': '+56074'}^[20], {'amount': '+69493'}^[21], and {'amount': '+82962'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[9] and urban commune of Morocco^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Essaouira include Mogador^[30], a destroyer^[31] and rue de Mogador^[32], a street^[33], in France^[34], founded in 1844^[35].

Why It Matters

Essaouira ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (495 views/month).^[2] Essaouira has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Essaouira is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Essaouira include Mogador^[30], a destroyer^[31] and rue de Mogador^[32], a street^[33], in France^[34], founded in 1844^[35].