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El Jadida

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El Jadida (ĕl jädē`də) or Al-Jadida (äl-jädē`də), city (1994 pop. 119,083), W Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. Agricultural products are exported from the port. It was seized by the Portuguese in 1502 and after 1541 was the only place Portugal held in Morocco. Repeatedly besieged by the Moroccans, it was finally captured by them in 1769. The city was formerly called Mazagan.
El Jadida 

(formerly, Mazagan), a city in Morocco. Population, 55,500 (1971). El Jadida, a port on the Atlantic Ocean, has fish-canning, woodworking, and textile enterprises. The city exports fish products and farm produce. Construction of a special port for the export of phosphorites was begun in 1978.



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You can also go to Safi, El Jadida, Essaouiras, and to Agadir in Morocco.
Byline: Second order at Mazagan Resort marks DepaMar's largest project in country Dubai: Depa Limited, one of the largest providers of interior contracting services worldwide, has announced that its Moroccan subsidiary DepaMar has been awarded a $50-million (Dh183 million) order by Kerzner International Developments at the Maz-agan Resort villas in El Jadida, on Morocco's Atlantic coast.
The order was from Kerzner International Developments, for work at the Mazagan Resort villas in El Jadida, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco.
 
 
 
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