Agadir

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Agadir (Arabic: أكادير or أڭادير, romanized: ʾagādīr, pronounced [ʔaɡaːdiːr]; Tachelhit: ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ) is a major city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Souss River flows into the ocean, and 509 kilometres (316 mi) south of Casablanca. Agadir is the capital of the Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture and of the Souss-Massa economic region. Agadir is one of the major urban centres of Morocco. The commune of Agadir recorded a population of 504,768 in the 2024 Moroccan census. The greater Agadir area also includes the communes of Dcheira (110k), Inezgane (137k), Ait Melloul (210k), Drargua (107k), Lqliaa (101k), Temsia (52k) and Aourir (45k) and counts well over 1.2 million inhabitants overall. Agadir is known for being the capital of Amazigh culture in Morocco. It is one of the few big Moroccan cities where Tamazight, one of Morocco's two official languages, is spoken by more than half of the population. The native...

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