Khouribga
Khouribga
خريبڭة ⵅⵓⵔⵉⴱⴳⴰ | |
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| Nickname: Phosphate City | |
 Interactive map of Khouribga | |
| Coordinates: 32°53′N 6°55′W / 32.883°N 6.917°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Béni Mellal-Khénifra |
| Province | Khouribga |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | M’hamed Zakrani (Istiqlal) |
| • Governor | Hicham Lamdghri Aalaoui (2025) |
| Elevation | 786 m (2,579 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 195,931 |
| • Rank | 19th in Morocco |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Postal Code | 25000 |
Khouribga (Arabic: خريبڭة, romanized: khurībga, [xuriːbɡa]; Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵅⵓⵔⵉⴱⴳⴰ, romanized: xuribɡa) is the capital and largest city of Khouribga Province in the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region, Morocco. With a population of 195,931 (2024 census).[1] The city owes its growth to the phosphate deposits nearby.
Geography
[edit]Located at 107 km from Casablanca, 154 km from the capital, Rabat, more than 200 km from the city of Marrakesh, about 99 km from the city of Beni Mellal and 39 km from Ben Ahmed, 60 km from the city of Settat and 34 km from the city of Oued Zem.
Khouribga is located 820 meters above sea level on the Ouardigha plateau. The city was founded in 1923 by the authorities of the French protectorate when they discovered phosphate in the region,[2] for which Morocco is considered to be the biggest exporter in the world.[3] There are several mines in the province, most notably the mine of Sidi Shennan near the town of Oued Zem, which lies 30 km from the village of Boulanouare (5 km) and the town of Boujniba (10 km) and the village of Hattane.
The Province of Khouribga is bordered by the Province of Beni Mellal in the east, Province of Ben Slimane in the west, the Province of Settat in the south, and Khémisset Province in the north.
Climate
[edit]Khouribga has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). In winter there is more rainfall than in summer. The average annual temperature in Khouribga is 17.2 °C (63.0 °F). About 432 mm (17.01 in) of precipitation falls annually.
| Climate data for Khouribga | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
36.0 (96.8) |
36.2 (97.2) |
32.5 (90.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
23.8 (74.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
17.2 (62.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.6 (43.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
17.2 (63.0) |
15.1 (59.2) |
11.4 (52.5) |
6.1 (43.0) |
4.1 (39.4) |
9.2 (48.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 60 (2.4) |
58 (2.3) |
57 (2.2) |
52 (2.0) |
22 (0.9) |
7 (0.3) |
2 (0.1) |
3 (0.1) |
12 (0.5) |
36 (1.4) |
52 (2.0) |
71 (2.8) |
432 (17) |
| Source: https://en.climate-data.org/location/715066/ | |||||||||||||
1337 Coding School
[edit]Founded in 2018 in Khouribga, 1337 Coding School is the school of digital science of the University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P). It provides training in computer science and computer programming through a project-based and peer-to-peer learning model inspired by the French school 42. The school is governed by the OCP Group. It is characterized by free tuition, the absence of formal academic requirements for admission, and an atypical pedagogical approach.[4][5]
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Khouribga is twinned with:
Alcamo, Italy[citation needed]
Erzincan, Turkey[citation needed]
Karaj, Iran[citation needed]
Notable people
[edit]- Adam Masina, professional footballer
- Hicham Mahdoufi, Former international footballer
- Hindi Zahra, international singer
- Hind Dehiba, middle-distance runner
- Jawad El Yamiq, professional footballer
- Mohamed Saïd El Wardi, Former middle-distance runner
- Mohamed Soudassi, sprinter
- Otmane El Assas, former professional footballer
- Rababe Arafi, middle-distance runner
- Walid El Karti, professional footballer
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Population légale du Royaume du Maroc répartie par régions, provinces et préfectures et communes selon les résultats du Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2024" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 7 November 2024.
- ↑ Shafto, Sally. "It All began in Khouribga: the 15th Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga". Retrieved 2023-12-14.
- ↑ "Morocco Remains World's Largest Exporter of Phosphate, Phosphoric Acid". Morocco World News.
- ↑ "L'école informatique 1337, du codage 24h/24 à Khouribga". TelQuel (in French). 23 May 2018.
- ↑ "École 1337 - UM6P". UM6P.
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