Agadir
Agadir (That word means "fortified granary collective" in Tamazight Tifinagh ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ, أڭادير Arabic) is a city in southwestern Morocco, located On on the Atlantic coast, in the Souss area, 508 miles south of Casablanca, 173 km from Essaouira and 235 km west of Marrakech3. It is the capital of the administrative area of Souss-Massa-Draa and the Prefecture of Agadir Ida Outanane.
The population of the metropolitan area of Greater Agadir in 2012 is estimated at about 900 000 inhabitants. [Ref. needed] The city currently has about 600,000 habitants1,4 (Gadiris in French, Gougadir / Oultougadir in tachelhit, Gadiri / Gadiria in Arabic), and the town, with neighboring cities, and Aït Melloul Inzegane 600 000. According to the 2004 census, Agadir had that year 346,106 habitants5 and population lapréfecture Agadir Ida Outanane was 487,954 habitants5. This is one of the main urban centers of Morocco, seventh agglomeration of the country after Casablanca, Rabat, Fez, Marrakech, Meknes and Tangier. The population density is quite high. Three languages are spoken in the city: Arabic (Darija essentially, the Moroccan Arabic dialect); the tachelhit (or Berber) by the Amazigh (Berbers or Chleuhs Icelḥiyen); and French.
Damaged by an earthquake in 1960, the city has been completely rebuilt with mandatory seismic standards. It is now the largest seaside resort in Morocco where tourists and foreign residents come many attracted by an unusually mild all year round climate. Since 2010, well served by low cost and the highway to Tangier flights, the city attracts all horizonset is experiencing annual growth of over 6% a year in housing demand while production barely exceeds 3
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