Mohammedia

Mohammedia (Arabic: المحمدية, Al-Muhammadia) is a port ceety on the wast coast o Morocco locatit atween Casablanca an Rabat in the region o Greater Casablanca. It hosts the maist important ile refinery o Morocco, Samir, which mak it the centre o the Moroccan petrol. it haes a population o 188,619 (2004 census).

Geography
 Location 
Mohammédia lies alang the Atlantic Ocean 15 mile (24 km) northeast o Casablanca. It's locatit atween the ootlets o the rivers Oued El-Maleh an Oued Nfifikh an is bordered bi the Atlantic Ocean tae the north, Ben Slimane Province tae the east an sooth, an the prefectur o Sidi Bernoussi-Zenata tae the wast.

Climate
Mohammédia haes a Mediterranean climate. The moderatin effect o the Atlantic ocean influences strangly on the ceety climate an maks its winter saft an warm, an its simmer het an ceul. Mohammédia enjoys plenty o sunshine throughoot the year wi measurable precipitation annually.

The period o November throu Aprile is mild an rainy wi average heich temperaturs o 63–70 °F (17–21 °C) an laws o 48–53 °F (9–12 °C), housomeivver temperaturs can occasionally drop tae aroond 36 °F (2 °C) in the fore-nuin, or be as heich as 80 °F (27 °C) for a few days durin winter.

The period o Mey throu October is warm tae het an dry wi average heich temperaturs o 72–79 °F (22–26 °C) an laws o 59–68 °F (15–20 °C), but temperaturs frequently exceed 90 °F (32 °C) an occasionally reach 104 °F (40 °C).

Maist rainfaw occurs frae November tae Aprile. The average o precipitation annually is aroond 11.8 inches (~300.00mm). Precipitations are generally licht rain showers, but whiles hivy rainfaw an thunderstorms. Snawfaw haes niver occurred in the ceety.

Demographics
The population o Mohammédia is growin at a fast rate. The ceety, which haed a sma population o anerlie 500 fowk in 1914, is currently the hame o aboot 204,000 fowk. The population o aw the prefectur o Mohammédia is estimatit at 336,000 indwallers wi an average population density o 12,900 fowk per square mile (5,000.00/km²).
Aw fowk o the Moroccan Kinrick are representit in this region. The first indwallers o the ceety wur the Zenata tribes which anerlie few o them remain, dividit territorially atween Mohammédia an neighborin prefecturs. Anither Arab tribe o Mauritanie, cried Mjedba, setteled atween Fédala an Mediouna three centuries ago an are nou twice as mony as Zenata.
 Demographic evolution 1994  2004  2010       1994, 2004 : offeecial census; 2010 : calcul.

Toun twinnin
 Ghent, Belgium syne 1982,
  Az Zawiyah,  Libie syne 2006,
  Perpignan, Fraunce syne 2009,
  Belfort, Fraunce syne 2010,
  Dreux , Fraunce syne 2010.
  Noginsk , Roushie syne 2010.http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Journal/Article.asp?idr=112&id=142117l  (french)
  Jiangyin , Cheenae syne 2011.http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Journal/Article.asp?idr=112&id=147705  (french)

References

Category:Populatit places in Greater Casablanca Region
Category:Prefecturs o Morocco