Errachidia
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Errashidia
الرشيدية | |
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City | |
 Main road in Er Rashidia | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Errashidia location of Errachidia in Morocco  Errashidia Errashidia (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 31°55′55″N 4°25′28″W / 31.93194°N 4.42444°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Drâa-Tafilalet |
| Province | Errachidia |
| Elevation | 1,009 m (3,310 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 92,374 |
Errashidia (Arabic: الرشيدية, romanized: ar-Rashidiyyah), formerly known as Ksar es-Souk, (Arabic: قصر السوق, romanized: Qaṣr as-Sūq) is a city in Morocco, located in the Errachidia Province, and is the capital of the Drâa-Tafilalet region.
Toponymy
[edit]Formerly known as "Ksar es-Souk" (Arabic: قصر السوق, romanized: Qaṣr as-Sūq), the city was renamed Errachidia around 1975 in honor of the second son of Hassan II, Moulay Rachid.
Culture
[edit]The city was part of the route of the 2006 and 2007 Dakar Rally.
Climate
[edit]Errachidia has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh). The highest temperature ever registered in Errachidia was 43.9 °C (111.0 °F), on July 17, 2021.[2]
| Climate data for Errachidia (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
32.3 (90.1) |
36.3 (97.3) |
39.5 (103.1) |
41.9 (107.4) |
44.7 (112.5) |
43.7 (110.7) |
39.7 (103.5) |
36.6 (97.9) |
29.8 (85.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
44.7 (112.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
30.3 (86.5) |
35.4 (95.7) |
39.5 (103.1) |
38.2 (100.8) |
32.9 (91.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) |
11.4 (52.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
32.7 (90.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
14.1 (57.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) |
4.6 (40.3) |
8.8 (47.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
7.7 (45.9) |
3.5 (38.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.1 (17.4) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
4.8 (40.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.7 (53.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.0 (0.39) |
12.6 (0.50) |
14.0 (0.55) |
9.4 (0.37) |
8.7 (0.34) |
5.6 (0.22) |
3.1 (0.12) |
6.3 (0.25) |
18.2 (0.72) |
20.8 (0.82) |
16.3 (0.64) |
8.0 (0.31) |
133.0 (5.24) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 21.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 252.3 | 242.6 | 277.1 | 294.5 | 317.0 | 315.8 | 310.1 | 293.8 | 267.0 | 262.3 | 246.7 | 242.3 | 3,321.5 |
| Source: NOAA (sun 1981–2010)[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
[edit]- Abdalaati Iguider - 1500m runner
- Rachid Neqrouz - Former footballer
- Mohamed Ounajem - professional footballer
- Meir Sheetrit - Former Member of the Knesset and Minister in Israel
References
[edit]- ^ "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 29 September 2017.
- ^ "60210: Errachidia (Morocco)". ogimet.com. OGIMET. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1981–2010". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
External links
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Media related to Errachidia at Wikimedia Commons
Errachidia travel guide from Wikivoyage
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