Oujda ( ar, وجدة; ber, ⵡⵓⵊⴷⴰ, Wujda) is a major
Moroccan city in its northeast near the
border
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with
Algeria
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. Oujda is the capital city of the
Oriental
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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
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coast.
History
There is some evidence of a settlement during the Roman occupation, which seems to have been under the control of
Berbers
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rather than Romans.
The city was founded in 994 by
Ziri ibn Atiyya
Ziri ibn Atiyya (Berber language: Ziri en Ɛaṭiyya Ameɣraw) also known as Ziri ibn Atiyya ibn Abd Allah ibn Tabādalt ibn Muhammad ibn Khazar az-Zanātī al-Maghrāwī al-Khazarī (died 1001) was the tribal leader of the Berber people, Berber Ma ...
, Berber chief of the
Zenata
The Zenata (Berber language: Iznaten) are a group of Amazigh (Berber) tribes, historically one of the largest Berber confederations along with the Sanhaja and Masmuda. Their lifestyle was either nomadic or semi-nomadic.
Etymology
''Iznaten (ⵉ ...
Maghrawa
The Maghrawa or Meghrawa ( ar, المغراويون) were a large Zenata Berber tribal confederation whose cradle and seat of power was the territory located on the Chlef in the north-western part of today's Algeria, bounded by the Ouarsenis to ...
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 with a wall was allegedly added to the primitive core.
Yusuf ibn Tashfin
Yusuf ibn Tashfin, also Tashafin, Teshufin, ( ar, يوسف بن تاشفين ناصر الدين بن تالاكاكين الصنهاجي , Yūsuf ibn Tāshfīn Naṣr al-Dīn ibn Tālākakīn al-Ṣanhājī ; reigned c. 1061 – 1106) was l ...
occupied the city in 1079, and in the next century, it came under
Almohad
The Almohad Caliphate (; ar, خِلَافَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or or from ar, ٱلْمُوَحِّدُونَ, translit=al-Muwaḥḥidūn, lit=those who profess the Tawhid, unity of God) was a North African Berbers, Berber M ...
control, with its fortifications repaired and strengthened under the Almohad caliph
Muhammad al-Nasir
Muhammad al-Nasir (,'' al-Nāṣir li-dīn Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Manṣūr'', – 1213) was the fourth Almohad Caliph from 1199 until his death.Évariste Lévi-Provençalal-Nāṣir Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Brill Online, 2013. ...
.
In the mid-11th century, Oujda acquired prominence through its strategic position on the road east from
Sijilmasa
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. The city was occupied by the
Almoravids
The Almoravid dynasty ( ar, المرابطون, translit=Al-Murābiṭūn, lit=those from the ribats) was an imperial Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco. It established an empire in the 11th century that ...
in 1079 and in 12th century it was conquered by the Almohads who came after them. Oujda played an important strategic role between the
Marinids
The Marinid Sultanate was a Berber Muslim empire from the mid-13th to the 15th century which controlled present-day Morocco and, intermittently, other parts of North Africa (Algeria and Tunisia) and of the southern Iberian Peninsula (Spain) ar ...
, based in
Fes
Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...
, and the
Abdalwadid
The Zayyanid dynasty ( ar, زيانيون, ''Ziyānyūn'') or Abd al-Wadids ( ar, بنو عبد الواد, ''Bānu ʿabd āl-Wād'') was a Berber Zenata dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Tlemcen, mainly in modern Algeria centered on the town of ...
s of the
Kingdom of Tlemcen
The Kingdom of Tlemcen or Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen ( ar, الزيانيون) was a Berber kingdom in what is now the northwest of Algeria. Its territory stretched from Tlemcen to the Chelif bend and Algiers, and at its zenith reached Sijilm ...
.
The Marinid sultan
Abu Yusuf Yaqub destroyed the city when he defeated Sultan
Yaghmorasan in 1271. When his successor
Abu Yaqub Yusuf
Abu Ya`qub Yusuf or Yusuf I ( ''Abū Ya‘qūb Yūsuf''; 1135 – 14 October 1184) was the second Almohad ''Amir'' or caliph. He reigned from 1163 until 1184 in Marrakesh. He was responsible for the construction of the Giralda in Seville, which ...
conquered the city again in 1296, he destroyed the remaining fortifications but then rebuilt the town with the new walls, a palace, and a
Great Mosque
A congregational mosque or Friday mosque (, ''masjid jāmi‘'', or simply: , ''jāmi‘''; ), or sometimes great mosque or grand mosque (, ''jāmi‘ kabir''; ), is a mosque for hosting the Friday noon prayers known as ''jumu'ah''.*
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(the current one). The town continued to change hands, however. Around 1325, Sultan Abu al-Hasan took the city again during a series of campaigns which extended Marinid control into the central Maghreb for a brief period.
Because of its frontier position, the city was frequently contested between the Sharifian dynasties of Morocco – the Saadis, followed by the Alaouites – to the west and the Ottoman Empire to the east, from the 16th century onward.
It was often attached to the province or region of Tlemcen, which itself also changed hands several times in this period. During the long reign of Moulay Isma'il (1672–1727), Oujda was firmly under Alaouite control and defended by new fortifications and garrisons built by the sultan. After Isma'il's death, however, political instability returned. It was only in 1795 that the city was retaken by the Alaouite empire and permanently incorporated into Morocco.
The French occupied it in 1844 and again in 1859. To the west of the city is the site of the
Battle of Isly
The Battle of Isly () was fought on August 14, 1844 between France and Morocco, near the . French forces under Marshal Thomas Robert Bugeaud routed a much larger, but poorly organized, Moroccan force, mainly fighters from the tribes of , but als ...
which occurred in 1844. In 1907-1908, Oujda was reconquered by General Bugeaud and Marshal
Lyautey and used as a French military base to control eastern Morocco. The modern city owes much of its present form to the French, who developed along the roads built at that time.
Anti-Jewish riots
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occurred in Oujda June 1948, during the
1948 Palestine war
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in the aftermath of
the establishment
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of the
State of Israel
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.
Oujda, located near the border, was a departure point for
Moroccan Jews
Moroccan Jews ( ar, اليهود المغاربة, al-Yahūd al-Maghāriba he, יהודים מרוקאים, Yehudim Maroka'im) are Jews who live in or are from Morocco. Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community dating to Roman times. Jews b ...
seeking to reach Israel by crossing into
French Algeria
French Algeria (french: Alger to 1839, then afterwards; unofficially , ar, الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of French colonisation of Algeria. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the ...
; at the time they were not permitted to do so from within Morocco.
In the events, 47
Jews
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and a
French person
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The French people, especially the nat ...
were killed, many were injured, and property was damaged.
The
1953 Oujda revolt
The 1953 Oujda revolt (, ) was an anti-colonial revolt against the French protectorate, in the context of the Revolution of the King and the People, that took place in Oujda August 16, 1953. It was followed by a second insurrection in Tafoughalt ...
took place during
Thami El Glaoui's attempted coup against Sultan
Muhammad V.
The Moroccan border with Algeria is just east of Oujda; on the other side of the border is the Algerian town of
Maghnia
Maghnia () (formerly Marnia) is a town in Tlemcen Province, northwestern Algeria. It is the second most populated town in Tlemcen Province, after Tlemcen. The current population is over 200,000.
History
Archaeologists have found evidence of prehi ...
. The border has been closed since 1994.
In 2010, Rod Solaimani chronicled his trip to Oujda for
MTV
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.
Geography
The city is located south of the Mediterranean sea and west of Algeria, with an estimated altitude of .
south from city centre, is
Jbel Hamra
Jbel Hamra is a mountain located in Oriental Region, Oujda, Morocco
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, a typical
Mediterranean forest
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and into the east of this forest is
Sidi Maafa park.
Oujda is located in the south of
Beni Znassen
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mountains.
Climate
The city has a
cold semi-arid climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''BSk''). Rainfall is between and per year. It rarely snows in winter; last snowfall was on 5 February 2012. Weather in Oujda is cool but still tepid and wet in winter, hot and dry in summer.
Architecture
The main characteristic of the city is having the old city in the centre. The old city maintains traditional features of the Moroccan architecture with its narrow and twisted alleys which leads to the houses and different markets such as jewelry market and the leather market. The
Grand Mosque of Oujda
The Grand Mosque of Oujda is the historic main Friday mosque of Oujda, Morocco. The mosque was founded by the Marinid sultan Abu Ya'qub Yusuf in 1296.
Architecture
The mosque is large and slightly irregular in its floor plan due to multiple exp ...
is one of its historically most important mosques.
Bled el Gaada is a
Roman era
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ruins just outside of
Ouijda. The ruins consist of a
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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Castra fort 175m by 210m.
Music
Gharnati
Gharnati (Arabic: الغرناطي) refers to an Algerian variety of Andalusian classical music originating in Tlemcen. Its name is derived from the Arabic name of the city of Granada. Gharnati has also become an established tradition in other ...
refers to a variety of music originating in Andalusia. Its name was derived from the Arabic name of the Spanish city of Granada. Gharnati constitutes the musical mode mostly used in the Moroccan city of Oujda, where besides this musical kind is omnipresent and where one organizes each year in June the International Festival of the Gharnati music.
Reggada Music
Reggada is a Moroccan Berber musical genre and traditional war dance from Beni Znassen/Aït Iznasen tribes of north-east Morocco (Provinces of Oujda, Berkane and Taourirt).
It is very similar to the Allaoui musical genre native to eastern Morocc ...
is a major traditional music movement. Its a Moroccan Amazigh ancient musical genre and traditional war dance from the Beni Znassen/Aït Iznasen tribes of north-east Morocco (Provinces of Oujda, Berkane and Taourirt), more precisely coming from the village called Ain-Reggada. This dance used to celebrate and emulate victory of a battle. This music has now become part of the global music sphere.
Oujda is also famous by the music of
Raï
Raï (, ; ar, راي, Latn, ar, rāʾy, ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian traditional music, folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called ''cheb'' (Arabic: شاب) (or ''shabab,'' i.e. young) as opposed ...
.
Subdivisions
The province is divided administratively into the following:
Transport
Tourists aiming at Saïdia, bordering the Mediterranean, transit to Oujda's airport. The city is served by
Angads Airport
Oujda Angads Airport () is an airport serving Oujda, a city in the Oriental region in Morocco. it is located about north of Oujda and about northeast of Casablanca, near the Algerian border.
History
During World War II, the airport was ...
, which has connecting flights to Lisbon, Brussels, Madrid, Marseille or Paris for example, as well as domestic flights to Casablanca.
The city is the endpoint of the main railroad from
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
via
Fes
Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...
and Taourirt before the border with
Algeria
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There are several day and night trains to and from the city, linking it to the western part of the country.
Economy
Oujda has a strategic importance because of its location on the border. There are many economic and natural resources, however, problems of overpopulation of the city and increase in unemployment rate up to 18% of the 11% on the national level has led to migration to foreign countries go up to 28.3% of the national total.
Oujda relies heavily on trading given its location near the borders of Algeria. The economy of the city is directly related to the border's condition as it represents a passage for businesses directed towards
Fes
Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...
in the west, Talmasan in the east,
Figuig
Figuig or Figig ( ar, فجيج; Figuig Berber: Ifeyyey) is an oasis town in eastern Morocco near the Atlas Mountains, on the border with Algeria.
The town is built around an oasis of date palms, called ''Tazdayt'', meaning "palm tree" in the B ...
in the south and
Melilla
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in the north.
On 18 March 2003, King
Mohammed VI Muhammad VI may refer to:
* Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI (1868–1932), sultan of the Maldives from 1893 to 1902
* Mehmed VI (1861–1926), sultan of Ottoman Empire, from 1918 to 1922
* Mohammed VI of Morocco
Mohammed VI ( ar, محمد السادس ...
indicated the importance of reviving the economy of the Eastern regions of Morocco. In the context of this effort, Technopol Oujda was established and the region witnessed road improvement, airport expansion and other projects.
Sport
The sports infrastructure in Oujda is composed of a municipal stadium, an Olympic venue, the
Honneur Stadium
Honneur Stadium () (Stade d'Honneur) is a multi-purpose stadium in Oujda, Morocco. It is used mostly for football (soccer), football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 19,000 people.
References
Football venues in Morocco
Multi-p ...
of Oujda, built in 1976, the sports complex 'Rock' including a
rugby
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Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
stadium, a complex
tennis
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in the park Lala Aicha, a
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
course and two sports halls.
Football
In 1957,
MC Oujda
Mouloudia Club of Oujda ( ar, مولودية وجدة), commonly abbreviated to MC Oudja, is a Moroccan football club based in Oujda. Mouloudia, which closely translates to "birth" in Arabic, was named after the coincidence of the day of its ...
(MCO) became the first football club to win the Throne Cup of Morocco, defeating the
Wydad of Casablanca, a feat the club repeated the following year. In 1959, in its third successive appearance in the final, the club lost against
FAR of Rabat. However, in MC Oujda's fourth successive final, the club defeated
FUS Rabat
Fath Union Sport ( ar, اتحاد الفتح الرياضي), commonly called FUS or FUS Rabat, is a Moroccan professional football club based in Rabat and currently playing in the first division. The club was founded on 10 April 1946. 'Fath U ...
. In 1962 MCO won its last Throne cup against the
Kawkab Athletic Club of Marrakech.
After ten years,
MC Oujda
Mouloudia Club of Oujda ( ar, مولودية وجدة), commonly abbreviated to MC Oudja, is a Moroccan football club based in Oujda. Mouloudia, which closely translates to "birth" in Arabic, was named after the coincidence of the day of its ...
came back to win in 1972 the Maghreb Cup, three years after it won
The Botola Pro of Morocco.
US Musulmane d'Oujda
Union Sportive Musulmane d'Oujda (USMO) is a Moroccan football club currently playing in the second division Botola 2. The club was founded in 1958 and is located in the city of Oujda, Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of ...
, is another football club in Oujda.
Notable people
Arts & Cinema
*
Hafid Bouazza
Hafid Bouazza ( ar, حفيظ بوعزة, ḥafīẓ būʿazza; 8 March 1970 – 29 April 2021) was a Moroccan-Dutch writer.
Born in Oujda, Morocco, Bouazza came to the Netherlands in October 1977 as a seven-year-old boy. He lived with his paren ...
- Moroccan writer
*
Hamid Bouchnak
Hamid Bouchnak ( ar, حميد بوشناق; born 13 May 1969) is a Moroccan raï singer.
See also
*Saida Fikri
Saida Fikri ( ar, سعيدة فكري; born 28 November 1971 in Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ...
- Moroccan
raï
Raï (, ; ar, راي, Latn, ar, rāʾy, ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian traditional music, folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called ''cheb'' (Arabic: شاب) (or ''shabab,'' i.e. young) as opposed ...
singer and songwriter
*
Nathalie Delon
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- actress and director
*
Douzi
Abdelhafid ad Douzi ( ar, عبد الحفيظ الدوزي; born 30 April 1985), better known by the mononym Douzi, is a Moroccan pop singer.
Career
Douzi began his career at a young age, appearing on Moroccan television with the song "La Lil ...
- Moroccan singer and songwriter
*
Philippe Faucon
Philippe Faucon (born 26 January 1958) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
Philippe Faucon was born in Oujda, the son of a French soldier and an Algerian ''pied-noir'' mother. He grew up between Morocco and Alger ...
- filmmaker
*
Fouad Laroui
Fouad Laroui (born 12 August 1958) is a Moroccan economist and writer, born in Oujda, Morocco. After his studies at the Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca), he joined the prestigious École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris, France), where he stu ...
- writer and economist
*
Michel Qissi
Michel Qissi ( ar, ميشيل قيسي; born Mohammed Qissi on 12 September 1962) is a Belgian Moroccan actor, best known for his role as Tong Po in the 1989 martial arts film ''Kickboxer''.
Biography
Qissi was born in Oujda, Morocco and moved ...
- Belgian actor
*
Mimoun El Oujdi - Moroccan raï singer
Sports
*
Adil Belgaid
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- Olympic judo fighter (3 times World Champion, 6 times African Champion, 3 times Arab Champion, 3 times Olympian)
*
Abdelatif Benazzi
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- Moroccan rugby player
*
Philippe Casado
Philippe Casado (1 February 1964–21 January 1995) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Born in Oujda, Morocco, he was professional from 1986 until his death in 1995 and had 3 victories. He died in Saint-Estève.
Major results
;198 ...
- French cyclist
*
Abdelkarim Kissi
Abdelkarim Kissi ( ar, عبد الكريم قيسي; born 5 May 1980) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Kissi's former teams are Mouloudia Oujda, Maghreb Fez, Rubin Kazan, Litex Lovech, SC Heerenvee ...
- former footballer
*
Soufiane Kourdou
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He represented Morocco's national ...
- professional basketball player
*
Moha Rharsalla
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Club career
Huétor Tájar
Born in Oujda, Morocco, Moha moved to Spain at his teens and spent ...
– Moroccan footballer
Politics & Diplomats
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; ar, عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa ; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as President of Algeria from 1999 to his resignation in 2019 ...
- (1937–2021), 5th
President of Algeria
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History of the office
The Tripoli Program, whi ...
, was born in Oujda.
*
Saïd Bouteflika
Saïd Bouteflika ( ar, سعيد بوتفليقة; ber, ⵙⵄⵉⴷ ⴰⵠⵓⵜⴼⵉⵇⴰ; born January 1958) is an Algerian politician and academic. He is the brother and was a special adviser of Abdelaziz Bouteflika in his former role as Pr ...
- Algerian politician and academic, brother of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was born in Oujda.
*
Abdelkader Lecheheb - former football player and Ambassador to Russia.
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Zoulikha Nasri
Zoulikha Nasri (1945 – 16 December 2015) was a Moroccan politician. She was an advisor to King Mohammed VI and managing director of the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity. She was Morocco's first female royal advisor.
Biography
Nasri was bo ...
- advisor to King Mohammed IV
Business
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Maurice Levy - French businessman, Chairman of
Publicis
Publicis Groupe is a French multinational advertising and public relations company. One of the oldest and largest marketing and communications companies in the world by revenue, it is headquartered in Paris.
After 1945, the little-known Paris ...
Group.
Town twinning
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Trowbridge
Trowbridge ( ) is the county town of Wiltshire, England, on the River Biss in the west of the county. It is near the border with Somerset and lies southeast of Bath, 31 miles (49 km) southwest of Swindon and 20 miles (32 km) southe ...
, UK, (2009)
Trowbridge has the largest Moroccan community in the UK outside London, and is the first UK town to be twinned with a place from a Muslim country. At the time, Trowbridge had approximately 80 resident families who had roots in Oujda.
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Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...
, France
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Sevran
Sevran () is a commune in the French department of Seine-Saint-Denis, northeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the center of Paris.
Geography
Sevran is located northeast of the Boulevard Périphérique. , France
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Jouy-le-Moutier
Jouy-le-Moutier () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the " new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s.
History
The name ''Jouy-le-Moutier ...
, France
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Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...
, France (2007)
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Jeddah
Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's pro ...
, Saudi Arabia
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Sirte
Sirte (; ar, سِرْت, ), also spelled Sirt, Surt, Sert or Syrte, is a city in Libya. It is located south of the Gulf of Sirte, between Tripoli and Benghazi. It is famously known for its battles, ethnic groups, and loyalty to Muammar G ...
, Libya
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Oran
Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...
, Algeria
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
( French, ) or (Dutch, ), often simply called Molenbeek, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, from which it is separated ...
, Belgium
See also
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Oujda group
The Oujda group or Oujda clan was a group of military officers and politicians in Algeria that operated during the War of Independence (1954–62). After the independence of Algeria, the Oujda group dominated Algerian politics after the Algerian ...
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Algeria
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n political faction named after the town
References
External links
Oujda PortalOujdays100% Oujda
Oujda and its regionOujdaCity.net
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Regional capitals in Morocco
Prefecturial capitals in Morocco
Municipalities of Morocco