Errachidia
City in Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
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Errachidia (Arabic: الرشيدية, romanized: al-Rāshīdiyya), 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.
Errachidia
الرشيدية | |
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 Main road in Errachidia | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Errachidia location of Errachidia in Morocco  Errachidia Errachidia (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 31°55′55″N 4°25′28″W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Drâa-Tafilalet |
| Province | Errachidia |
| Elevation | 1,009 m (3,310 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 92,374 |
Toponymy
Formerly known as "Ksar es-Souk" (Arabic: قصر السوق, romanized: Qaṣr as-Sūq, lit. 'fortified village of the market'),[2] the city was renamed Errachidia around 1975 in honor of the second son of Hassan II, Moulay Rachid.
Culture
Located on the banks of the Ziz river, the city is considered part of the Tafilalt region, and is famous for its Medjool dates.
The city was part of the route of the 2006 and 2007 Dakar Rally.
Climate
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.[3]
| Climate data for Errachidia (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Abdalaati Iguider - 1500m runner
- Rachid Neqrouz - Former footballer
- Mohamed Ounajem - professional footballer
