Youssoufia (
Berber: ⵢⵓⵙⵓⴼⵉⵢⴰ,
Arabic
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: اليوسفية) is the capital of
Youssoufia Province
Youssoufia Province () is a province of Morocco in the Marrakesh-Safi Region. The province had a population of 251,943 people in 2014.Marrakesh-Safi
Marrakesh-Safi or Marrakech-Asfi ( ar, مراكش آسفي, murrākuš āsafi; ( ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⴰⵙⴼⵉ, mṙṙakš asfi) is one of the ten Regions of Morocco. ,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
. In the
2014 Moroccan census it recorded a population of 67,628,
[ up from 64,518 ten years ago.World Gazetteer]
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It is known for its phosphate
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The phosphate or orthophosphate ion is derived from phospho ...
production. The city was founded in 1931 by the French when they began to exploit the phosphate deposits of the Gantour basin.
People
* Ismahane Elouafi, geneticist, was born here in 1971.
* Samir Sarsare, a football player.
References
Populated places in Youssoufia Province
1931 establishments in Morocco
Youssoufia, Morocco
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