Temara


Temara is a coastal city in Morocco.
It is located in the region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, directly south of Rabat on the Atlantic coast, in the suburban area of the capital. The city with 297,098 inhabitants as of 2024 is the capital of Skhirate-Témara Prefecture. It is twinned with Saint Germain en Laye, France. The city has beaches and a small pleasure port.
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History

Temara was founded in the twelfth century by Sultan Abd al-Mu'min, who built a mosque there and named it Massa. Five centuries later, Mulai Ismail built the current wall and made from Temara a ribat around Said mosque. Later, Mulay Abd ar-Rahman and Mulay Abdul Aziz, completed as religious and military camps. Temara also has a small network of coastal caves, notably El Harhoura 2 cave and El Mnasra cave, which are archaeological sites dating back 120,000 years, from the Aterian age.

Climate

Temara has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate. In winter there is more rainfall than in summer. The average annual temperature in Temara is. About of precipitation falls annually.

Economy

Temara is close to Morocco's two main cities, Rabat, the capital, and economic center Casablanca.
Two main zones share the essence of the industrial units in the city of Temara. The first is in the direction of Casablanca, and, with a total area of 120 hectares, extensible to 300 Ha work 55 industrial units in this zone, contains the more clean industry sectors. The second industrial zone is at the other end of town, in the direction of Rabat. It is the industrial zone Attasnia, which, with a total of 20 hectares, contains 23 industrial units.

People

The population was at first constituted by Zaer tribes and different tribes of Oudayas.

Notable people