Place:Safi, Safi, Doukkala-Abda, Morocco

Watchers
  • no watchers
Larger map


NameSafi
Alt namesAsfisource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates32.3°N 9.333°W
Located inSafi, Doukkala-Abda, Morocco
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Safi or Asfi is a city in western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of Asfi Province. It recorded a population of 308,508 in the 2014 Moroccan census.[1] The city was occupied by the Portuguese Empire from 1488 to 1541, was the center of Morocco's weaving industry, and became a fortaleza of the Portuguese Crown in 1508. Safi is the main fishing port for the country's sardine industry, and also exports phosphates, textiles and ceramics. During the Second World War, Safi was the site of Operation Blackstone, one of the landing sites for Operation Torch.

[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Safi, Morocco. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Safi%2C_Safi%2C_Doukkala-Abda%2C_Morocco"