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Mohammed I University
Mohamed First University, Oujda, Morocco, was founded in 1978. The university has more than 21,200 students (2007) on the sites of Oujda and Nador (and Al Hoceima since 2008). It has 590 professors and 440 personal and technical staff. Organization It is composed of six faculties and four schools, and trains its students in the domains of science, law, literature, linguistics, history, geography, management, economy, technology, and engineering and medical sciences. The university consists of the following institutions: * Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Oujda, 1978 * Faculty of Juridical, Economic and Social Sciences, Oujda, 1979 * Faculty of Sciences, Oujda, 1979 * Polydiscipline Faculty, Nador, 2005 * Higher School of Technology, Oujda * National School of Applied Sciences, Oujda * National School of Applied Sciences, Al Hoceima, 2008 * National School of Commerce and Management, Oujda * Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Oujda * Faculty of Technical Sciences, Al Hoceima R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oujda
Oujda ( ar, وجدة; ber, ⵡⵓⵊⴷⴰ, Wujda) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco and has a population of about 558,000 people. It is located about west of the Moroccan-Algerian border in the south of Beni-Znassen (Aït Iznassen) Mountains and about south of the Mediterranean Sea coast. History There is some evidence of a settlement during the Roman occupation, which seems to have been under the control of Berbers rather than Romans. The city was founded in 994 by Ziri ibn Atiyya, Berber chief of the Zenata Maghrawa tribe. Ziri was, with his tribe, authorised to occupy the region of Fas, but feeling insecure in that region and that town, and wishing to be nearer to the central Maghrib homeland of his tribe, he moved to Ouajda, installed there a garrison and his possessions, appointing one of his relatives as governor. In the mid-11th century, a new quarter w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
