Ghafsai

Coordinates: 34°37′41″N 4°54′39″W / 34.6280°N 4.9109°W / 34.6280; -4.9109
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Ghafsai
غفساي
Town
UTC+1 (WEST
)

Ghafsai (

Rif Mountains.[2] As of the 2014 Moroccan census, Ghafsai has 6,361 inhabitants.[1]

History

After being controlled by the Kingdom of Morocco in the previous decades, Ghafsai was within

Interwar Period, Ghafsai was within the warzone.[5] After the Rif Republic lost the war, the area returned under Spanish control.[6]

During the Ifni War in the 1950s, the Moroccan Army of Liberation used Ghafsai as one of their centers of operations against the Spanish and French.[7]

In January 2016, 18 urban development projects spanning over 22 hectares (54 acres) of land were announced to be in progress. Grants for a house relocation project totaled 8.63 million Moroccan dirhams, while the cost for a new sewage system was estimated at 47 million dirhams. Construction of a shopping center, a school, a sports complex, car parking area, economic development area, parks, a landfill, and an electrical network overhaul are also planned. In total, all of these new projects are estimated to add up to the cost of over 300 million dirhams.[8]

Geography

Ghafsai is located in the

Rif Mountains in the northern part of Morocco.[2]

Economy

Ghafsai is one of the major producers of

Faba beans and barley are also produced in Ghafsai.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Population légale d'après les résultats du RGPH 2014 sur le Bulletin officiel N° 6354" (pdf). Haut-Commissariat au Plan (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-313-33289-0
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  3. doi:10.2307/2212275
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  4. ISBN 9004201564
    . Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  5. ISBN 978-3-486-84018-6
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  6. ^ Douglas Porch, "Spain's African Nightmare," MHQ: Quarterly Journal of Military History (2006) 18#2 pp 28–37.
  7. ISBN 978-1-4008-7850-5
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  8. ^ "Plus de 300 MDH pour l'aménagement urbain de la ville de Ghafsaï". Medias24 - Site d'information. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Mieux que le bio, l'agroécologie". Telquel.ma. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  10. ISBN 978-92-9043-726-0
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