Youssoufia Province
Youssoufia Province () is a province of Morocco in the Marrakesh-Safi
Marrakesh-Safi () is one of the twelve regions of Morocco.
in
Marrakesh-Safi
Marrakesh-Safi () is one of the twelve regions of Morocco.Jounaux.ma Its popul ...
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Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
. In the
2014 Moroccan census
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It is known for its
phosphate
Phosphates are the naturally occurring form of the element phosphorus.
In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid. It most commonly means orthophosphate, a derivative of orthop ...
production. The city was founded in 1931 by the French when they began to exploit the phosphate deposits of the Gantour basin.