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Essaouira

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Essaouira (ĕsəwēr`ə), city, W Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. It was founded in 1760 by Sultan Muhammad ibn-Abdullah. In 1844 the French bombarded the city to force Morocco to stop supporting Abd al-Kadir, leader of an Algerian resistance movement. The city declined when Agadir Agadir , 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
..... Click the link for more information.  was opened to foreign trade in the 20th cent. Essaouira was formerly called Mogador.
Essaouira
a port in SW Morocco on the Atlantic. Pop.: 84 000 (2003)
Essaouira 

(formerly Mogador), a city in Morocco. Population, 30,100 (1971). Essaouira is a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Industry is represented by food processing (primarily fish canning), metalworking, and the production of leather goods. Handicrafts include jewelry-making and the production of copper ware. The city exports fish products, olive oil, wool, and cereals. Oil and natural gas deposits are located near Essaouira.
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Essaouira today is no longer a trade centre, and though fishing still flourishes, the main industry is tourism, including seven music festivals.
Moroccan town beats to tune of Judeo-Arab music by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
Essaouira today is no longer a trade centre, and though fishing still flourishes, the main industry is tourism, including seven music festivals.
Morocco beats to tune of Judeo-Arab music by Al Arabiya (Saudi Arabia)
7, and including roundtrip, nonstop air from JFK to Casablanca with Royal Air Maroc, domestic flights within Moroccos, three nights in Marrakesh at the Palm Plaza Hotel, one night Essaouira at the Atlas Essaouira Hotel, one night Casablanca at the Golden Tulip Farah Hotel, 15 meals, comprehensive sightseeing, site inspections of hotels and riads, all tips -- including tips to guide and driver -- and all hotel taxes and service fees.
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