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The medina represents the old town of Oujda with its Arab-Muslim seal. It is delimited from the rest of the new city by its walls in battlements and merlons. In addition, the city contains doors with notable Arab-Andalusian architecture, allowing an exchange between the ancient city and the modern city, among the doors of the medina, the door of Sidi Abdelwahab (Bab Sidi Abdelouahab) To the east, the door of El Khemis (Bab El Khemis) demolished in June 1920 located to the north, the gate of Oulad Amran (Bab Oulad Amran) overlooking the street of Marrakech and the gate Gharbi (Bab Gharbi) 'Where is. The door that remains the most remarkable is that of Bab Sidi Abdelwahab with its ogival door framed by two bastions above which the makhzen made hang the heads cut off of the rebels hence its name of "door of the heads". Near the door of Sidi Abdelouahab, there is a weekly souk, held every Thursday on a square outside the medina walls, five fondouk or hotels, three mosques: Djamaâ El Kebir, Djamaâ Heddada and Djamaa Sidi Okba, A medersa and three synagogues. In the irrigated gardens and fed by the sources of Sidi Yahia Benyounes, the inhabitants of the city make vegetable crops. |
The medina represents the old town of Oujda with its Arab-Muslim seal. It is delimited from the rest of the new city by its walls in battlements and merlons. In addition, the city contains doors with notable Arab-Andalusian architecture, allowing an exchange between the ancient city and the modern city, among the doors of the medina, the door of Sidi Abdelwahab (Bab Sidi Abdelouahab) To the east, the door of El Khemis (Bab El Khemis) demolished in June 1920 located to the north, the gate of Oulad Amran (Bab Oulad Amran) overlooking the street of Marrakech and the gate Gharbi (Bab Gharbi) 'Where is. The door that remains the most remarkable is that of Bab Sidi Abdelwahab with its ogival door framed by two bastions above which the makhzen made hang the heads cut off of the rebels hence its name of "door of the heads". Near the door of Sidi Abdelouahab, there is a weekly souk, held every Thursday on a square outside the medina walls, five fondouk or hotels, three mosques: Djamaâ El Kebir, Djamaâ Heddada and Djamaa Sidi Okba, A medersa and three synagogues. In the irrigated gardens and fed by the sources of Sidi Yahia Benyounes, the inhabitants of the city make vegetable crops. |
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The [[Medina of Oujda]] also includes many [[palace]]s , the most notable of which are those of Dar Al Makhzen and Dar Al Bacha, as well as a school that was the first modern school in Morocco and celebrated its centenary in 2007: Sidi Ziane, formerly known as the French Arab School, then the Muslim Urban School in Sidi Ziane Square.<ref>Ali Kharroubi, « Centenaire de l'école Sidi Ziane », Aujourd'hui le Maroc, (Casablanca, 13 april 2007)</ref> |
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===Bled el Gaada=== |
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Bled el Gaada is a [[Roman Empire|Roman era]] [[ruins]] on just outside of [[Ouijda]].<ref>https://mapcarta.com/34260586</ref><ref>https://aroundguides.com/34260586</ref> The [[ruins]] consist of a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[Castra|Castra fort]] 175[[meter|m]] by 210m.<ref>Paul Lachlan MacKendrick, The North African Stones Speak (UNC Press Books, 1 Dec. 2000) p312.</ref> |
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Oujda (in Arabic: وجدة Wajda, in Amazigh: Wejda, ⵡⴻⵊⴷⴰ) is a town in northeastern Morocco, bordered to the north by the eastern Rif. It is the chief town of the prefecture of Oujda-Angad, in the region of the Oriental. Its proximity with the port of Nador and with Algeria allows it to be the crossroads between Morocco and Algeria. The city has a population of 494 252 inhabitants according to the last general census of the population in 20141, making it the 8th largest city of Morocco.
Location
The city is bordered on the east by Algeria, on the north by the Eastern Rif (more precisely the province of Berkane) and the Mediterranean Sea, on the west by the province of Taourirt and on the south by the province of Jerada. It is 5 km west of Algeria, 52 km from the beach of Saidia, 60km from the town of Berkane, 140 km from the city of Nador and 152 km from the Spanish enclave of Melilla2, to the south by the city of Jerada.
Climate [edit | Change the code] The city of Oujda enjoys a Mediterranean climate with a mild winter, cold and rainy and a hot summer.
The average annual temperatures range from 15 ° C to 20 ° C. Maximum temperatures can exceed 40 ° C, for example on 31 July 2001 where it was 46.2 ° C or 12 July 2011 at 45.7 ° C, while absolute minimum temperatures sometimes drop below 0 ° C C as on January 28, 2005 when the temperature dropped to -7.1 ° C. However, temperatures are still mild on the Mediterranean coast.
Rainfall is irregular and snow can fall in winter. Precipitation is between 350 and 500 mm per year.
History
The medina of Oujda was founded in 994, near the plain of the Angads, by Ziri Ibn Attia, head of the Maghraouas tribe (Berber Zenet tribe of Aures), who established his court there. Invested by the Umayyad Caliphs of Cordoba of the command of the two Maghreb, Ziri Ben Attia decides to settle in the center of the country which he will administer. He therefore decided to create a capital near the source of Sidi Yahia and mountains that could eventually serve as a refuge.[1]
The city remained for eighty years the seat of the Zenet dynasty. Gradually, it became important because of its status as a relay town on two main commercial routes: the north-south sea lane at Sijilmassa and west-east, and the west-east route from Fez to the east . Its strategic location will expose it to several destructive invasions during its history.[2]
The medina represents the old town of Oujda with its Arab-Muslim seal. It is delimited from the rest of the new city by its walls in battlements and merlons. In addition, the city contains doors with notable Arab-Andalusian architecture, allowing an exchange between the ancient city and the modern city, among the doors of the medina, the door of Sidi Abdelwahab (Bab Sidi Abdelouahab) To the east, the door of El Khemis (Bab El Khemis) demolished in June 1920 located to the north, the gate of Oulad Amran (Bab Oulad Amran) overlooking the street of Marrakech and the gate Gharbi (Bab Gharbi) 'Where is. The door that remains the most remarkable is that of Bab Sidi Abdelwahab with its ogival door framed by two bastions above which the makhzen made hang the heads cut off of the rebels hence its name of "door of the heads". Near the door of Sidi Abdelouahab, there is a weekly souk, held every Thursday on a square outside the medina walls, five fondouk or hotels, three mosques: Djamaâ El Kebir, Djamaâ Heddada and Djamaa Sidi Okba, A medersa and three synagogues. In the irrigated gardens and fed by the sources of Sidi Yahia Benyounes, the inhabitants of the city make vegetable crops.
The Medina of Oujda also includes many palaces , the most notable of which are those of Dar Al Makhzen and Dar Al Bacha, as well as a school that was the first modern school in Morocco and celebrated its centenary in 2007: Sidi Ziane, formerly known as the French Arab School, then the Muslim Urban School in Sidi Ziane Square.[3]
Bled el Gaada
Bled el Gaada is a Roman era ruins on just outside of Ouijda.[4][5] The ruins consist of a Roman Castra fort 175m by 210m.[6]
References
- ^ Maroc, Paris, Hachette, coll. « Guide bleu », 1920,
- ^ Maroc, Paris, Hachette, coll. « Guide bleu », 1920,
- ^ Ali Kharroubi, « Centenaire de l'école Sidi Ziane », Aujourd'hui le Maroc, (Casablanca, 13 april 2007)
- ^ https://mapcarta.com/34260586
- ^ https://aroundguides.com/34260586
- ^ Paul Lachlan MacKendrick, The North African Stones Speak (UNC Press Books, 1 Dec. 2000) p312.