Oued Zem is a city in Khouribga Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco. According to the 2014 Moroccan census, Oued Zem had a population of 95,267.[1]
Oued Zem
وادي زم City of Martyrs | |
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  Oued Zem  Oued Zem | |
| Coordinates: 32°52′N 6°34′W / 32.867°N 6.567°W | |
| Country | Morocco |
| Region | Béni Mellal-Khénifra |
| Province | Khouribga |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 95,267 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+212 (WEST) |
Oued Zem is a Moroccan city located in central Morocco, in the Chaouia-Ouardigha region in the Khouribga province, on an area of 75,000 hectares between the axis of Casablanca, Beni Mellal and between the axis of Rabat, Marrakech, with a population of 83,970 people (2004 census). The city is rich in phosphate, iron and marble.
History
The name of the city is made up of two words: Oued , an Arabic word which indicates the river and Zem , a Berber word which means lion, in reference to the river and the lion (Lion of the Atlas) which frightened people who walked there. were crossing. For this reason, they named this region Oued Zem , or the river of the lion.
The first railway was erected there in 1917, during the discovery of phosphate for the first time in Morocco by the colonizer at the time to export it abroad. The French called Oued Zem in Little Paris[2], and they built a lake in the shape of a map of France, which is still to this day. The city played a major role in Morocco's independence thanks to the ferocity of its resistance.[3]
Notable people
- Jannat, Moroccan-Egyptian singer.
- Rachid Soulaimani Football for Moroccan Botola club Raja Casablanca.
References
- ^ a b "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Le Maroc des régions : Province de Settat : Oued Zem : «Le Petit Paris»". Al Bayane. 7 September 2010.
- ^ "Trois mille soldats tentent d'encercler les tribus réfugiées dans les montagnes d'Oued-Zem". Le Monde. 26 August 1955.
32°52′N 6°34′W / 32.867°N 6.567°W