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Agadir
Columbia Encyclopedia entry: Agadir
Agadirägädēr', ăgədēr', city (1994 pop. 155,244), SW Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. Agadir has metal-processing industries and exports fruit and vegetables. While France was establishing a protectorate in Morocco, the German gunboat Panther appeared (1911) in Agadir with the intention of protecting German interests. For a time war seemed imminent, but the Germans dropped their demands when France ceded to them a substantial part of the French Congo. In 1960, Agadir was almost completely destroyed by earthquakes, but a new urban district was built outside the old city.

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Agadir is a major city in southwest Morocco, capital of the Agadir province and the Sous-Massa-Draa economic region. The word Agadir means in Berber "wall, masoned wall enclosing a town, fortress, town". It is a loanword from Phoenician. Agadir has a population of 678,596. The population of the city proper is estimated at 200,000. The mild winter climate and good beaches have made it a major "winter sun" destination for Northern Europeans. The mayor is Tariq Kabbaj. The city is located on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Souss River flows into the...more »
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