Errachidia
City in Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (December 2015) |
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 | |
| 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), the city was renamed Errachidia around 1975 in honor of the second son of Hassan II, Moulay Rachid.
Culture
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.[2]
| 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)[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Abdalaati Iguider - 1500m runner
- Rachid Neqrouz - Former footballer
- Mohamed Ounajem - professional footballer
- Meir Sheetrit - Former Member of the Knesset and Minister in Israel
References
External links
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