Youssoufia, Morocco

Youssoufia (Arabic: اليوسفية) is the capital of Youssoufia Province in Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco. In the 2014 Moroccan census it recorded a population of 67,628,[1] up from 64,518 ten years ago.[2]

Youssoufia

اليوسفية
Town
Country Morocco
RegionMarrakesh-Safi
ProvinceYoussoufia
Population
 (2014)[1]
  Total67,628
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+1 (WEST)

It is known for its phosphate 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. Abdelkader Ouassat , Doctor, writer, journalist. known for his crossword puzzles published daily in different newspapers in Morocco

gollark: I can't allocate much more or I'd have to close browser tabs.
gollark: Sorry, RAM.
gollark: The space station follows the standard GTech™ design.
gollark: I would not call 9 TPS not awful.
gollark: If I had crashed it it would be *properly* crashed, see.

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