Safi (Morocco)
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Name (Hebrew)
סאפי (מרוקו)
Name (Latin)
Safi (Morocco)
Other forms of name
Safim (Morocco)
Asfi (Morocco)
Āsifī (Morocco)
אספי (מרוקו)
ספי (מרוקו)
Coordinates
-009.2796053 -009.1936504 032.3430063 032.2431484 (gooearth )
Associated country
Morocco
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- A guarnição de Safim em 1511, 2004
- BGN, Morocco(Safi, ppl 32°18ʹN, 9°14ʹW; variant: Asfi)
- GEOnet, Dec. 27, 2017(Safi (approved), Morocco; populated place; ADM1= Marrakech-Safi; 32°17ʹ42ʺN, 009°13ʹ53ʺW; variant: Asfi)
- Multaqá al-Fikrī li-Madīnat Asfi (2nd : 1989 : Safi, Morocco). Asfī, 1990?
- BGN, Morocco(Safi, ppl 32p0s 18ʹ N, 9p0s 14ʹ W; variant: Asfi)
- Ibrāhīm, K. al-Faqīh Muḥammad al-Haskūrī, 2000:cover (Manshūrāt Jamʻīyat Āsifī lil-Baḥth wa-al-Tawthīq)
Wikipedia description:
Safi is a city in western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of Safi Province. It recorded a population of 346,000 as of 2024. 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.
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