Essaouira | |
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Ceety an Wilaya | |
Coordinates: 31°30′47″N 9°46′11″W / 31.51306°N 9.76972°W | |
Kintra | Morocco |
Region | Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Asma Chaâbi |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 70,000 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Essaouira (Berber: ⵎⵓⴳⴰⴹⵓⵔ Taṣṣurt, Arabic: الصويرة, as-Ṣawīra) is a ceety in the wastren Moroccan economic region o Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, on the Atlantic coast. Syne the 16t century, the ceety haes an aa been kent bi its Portuguese name o Mogador or Mogadore. The Berber name means the waw, a reference tae the fortress waws that oreeginally enclosed the ceety.
Essaouira is twinned wi: