Safi, Morocco
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/23430
- Note
- "Safi or Asfi (Berber: Asfi, Arabic: أسفي‎, Portuguese: Safim) is a city in western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of Asfi Province. It recorded a population of 308,508 in the 2014 Moroccan census. The city was occupied by the Portuguese Empire from 1488 to 1541, was the center of Morocco´s weaving industry, and became a fortaleza of the Portuguese Crown in 1508. Safi is the main fishing port for the country´s sardine industry, and also exports phosphates, textiles and ceramics. During the Second World War, Safi was the site of Operation Blackstone, one of the landing sites for Operation Torch." - (en.wikipedia.org 07.03.2020)
- Latitude
- 32.283332824707
- Longitude
- -9.2333335876465
- Population
- 288,163
- Time zone
- Africa/Casablanca
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