Salé

Salé
Flag of Salé
Salé is located in Morocco
Salé
Salé
Location within Morocco
Salé is located in Africa
Salé
Salé
Salé (Africa)
Coordinates: 34°02′N 6°48′W / 34.033°N 6.800°W / 34.033; -6.800
Country Morocco
RegionRabat-Salé-Kénitra
Government
 • MayorJamae Mouatassime[1]
Elevation
0 to 115 m (0 to 377 ft)
Population
 (2014)[2]
 • Total890,403
 • Rank5th in Morocco[2]
 [a]
DemonymSlawi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  1. ↑ The High Commission for Planning defines the city of Salé as comprising the five arrondissements of Bab Lamrissa, Bettana, Hssaine, Layayda and Tabriquet.[2]

Salé (Arabic: سلا, romanized: salā, [salaː]; Berber languages: ⵙⵍⴰ, romanized: sla) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the right of the Bou Regreg river. It was founded in about 1030 by the Banu Ifran,[3]

References

  1. ↑ Le Président de la commune urbaine de Salé Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine(in French)
  2. 1 2 3 "Note de présentation des premiers résultats du Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2014" (in French). High Commission for Planning. 20 March 2015. p. 8. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. ↑ J. D. Fage (1 February 1979). The Cambridge History of Africa. Cambridge University Press. p. 663. ISBN 978-0-521-21592-3.