Mohammedia

Mohammedia
المحمدية
Mohammedia is located in Morocco
Mohammedia
Mohammedia
Location in Morocco
Mohammedia is located in Africa
Mohammedia
Mohammedia
Mohammedia (Africa)
Coordinates: 33°41′N 7°23′W / 33.683°N 7.383°W / 33.683; -7.383
Country Morocco
RegionCasablanca-Settat
Government
 • MayorHicham Aït Mana[1]
Population
 (2014)[2]
 • Total208,612
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Mohammedia (Arabic: المحمدية, romanizedal-muḥammadiyya), known until 1960 as Fedala (Arabic: فضالة), is a port city on the west coast of Morocco between Casablanca and Rabat in the region of Casablanca-Settat. It hosts the most important oil refinery of Morocco, Samir Refinery, which makes it the center of the Moroccan petroleum industry. It has a population of 208,612 according to the 2014 Moroccan census.[2]

  1. ^ "Hicham Aït Mana appointed as new mayor of Mohammedia". Archived from the original on 1 Dec 2022.
  2. ^ a b "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2016.