Jerada
Jerada (Berber: Jrada, ⵊⵔⴰⴷⴰ, Arabic: جْرادة) is a city in the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco. It is located close to the border with Algeria.
Jerada is the capital city of Jerada Province. According to the 2014 census, the municipality had a population of 43,506 people living in 8,953 households.
Jerada has been the location of various instances of civil unrest in Morocco. It was one of the sites of the 1948 Anti-Jewish Riots in Oujda and Jerada in which thirty-nine Jewish people were killed, thirty severely injured and others sustained minor injuries.
The 2017–2018 Moroccan protests started in Jerada after two brothers died in a tunnel accident when a mine flooded after miners broke through into a well.
Jerada is the capital city of Jerada Province. According to the 2014 census, the municipality had a population of 43,506 people living in 8,953 households.
Jerada has been the location of various instances of civil unrest in Morocco. It was one of the sites of the 1948 Anti-Jewish Riots in Oujda and Jerada in which thirty-nine Jewish people were killed, thirty severely injured and others sustained minor injuries.
The 2017–2018 Moroccan protests started in Jerada after two brothers died in a tunnel accident when a mine flooded after miners broke through into a well.
Map - Jerada
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Country - Morocco
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In a region inhabited since the Paleolithic era over 300,000 years ago, the first Moroccan state was established by Idris I in 788. It was subsequently ruled by a series of independent dynasties, reaching its zenith as a regional power in the 11th and 12th centuries, under the Almoravid and Almohad dynasties, when it controlled most of the Iberian Peninsula and the Maghreb. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Morocco faced external threats to its sovereignty, with Portugal seizing some territory and the Ottoman Empire encroaching from the east. The Marinid and Saadi dynasties otherwise resisted foreign domination, and Morocco was the only North African nation to escape Ottoman dominion. The 'Alawi dynasty, which rules the country to this day, seized power in 1631, and over the next two centuries expanded diplomatic and commercial relations with the Western world. Morocco's strategic location near the mouth of the Mediterranean drew renewed European interest; in 1912, France and Spain divided the country into respective protectorates, reserving an international zone in Tangier. Following intermittent riots and revolts against colonial rule, in 1956, Morocco regained its independence and reunified.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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MAD | Moroccan dirham | د م. | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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AR | Arabic language |
FR | French language |