Agdal is an urban community in Rabat, the capital of

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. It is a former suburb whose chief inhabitants, prior to the post-war expansion of the city, were the students of the nearby

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(as noted by

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in her book '' Stolen Lives''). Presently, it is among the richest neighbourhoods in Morocco. It is inhabited by many

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, chiefly French, as well as a population of wealthy Moroccans. It houses one of the two railway stations of Rabat, named Rabat-Agdal.

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