Salé

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]

Salé سلا  (Arabic) ⵙⵍⴰ  (Berber languages)
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Coordinates: 34°02′N 6°48′W
Country	Morocco
Region	Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
Government
• Mayor	Jamae Mouatassime[1]
Elevation	0 to 115 m (0 to 377 ft)
Population  (2014)[2]
• Total	890,403
• Rank	5th in Morocco[2]
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Demonym	Slawi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
The High Commission for Planning defines the city of Salé as comprising the five arrondissements of Bab Lamrissa, Bettana, Hssaine, Layayda and Tabriquet.[2]

References

1. Le Président de la commune urbaine de Salé Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine(in French)
2. "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.