Errachidia (Arabic: الرشيدية, Berber: ⵉⵎⴻⵜⵖⴰⵔⵏ Imetɣaren) is a city in Morocco, located in the Errachidia Province, and is the capital of the Drâa-Tafilalet region.
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Errashidia
Imetɣaren قصر السوق Iɣrem ‘N Welzuz | |
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City | |
Eṛṛacidiya / الرشيدية Imetɣaren / ⵉⵎⴻⵜⵖⴰⵔⵏ | |
![]() Main road in Er Rashidia | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
Coordinates: 31°55′55″N 4°25′28″W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Drâa-Tafilalet |
Province | Errachidia |
Elevation | 1,009 m (3,310 ft) |
Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 92,374 |
The city's residents speak Berber and Moroccan Arabic.
Formerly known as "Ksar Es Souk" (Berber languages: ⵉⵖⵔⴻⵎ ⵏ ⵓⵍⵣⵓⵣ, Ighrem n Ulzuz), the city was renamed Errachidia around 1975 in honor of the second son of Hassan II, Moulay Rachid.
The city was part of the route of the 2006 and 2007 Dakar Rally.
Errachidia has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh). The highest temperature ever registered in Errachidia was 43.9 °C (111.0 °F), on July 17, 2021.[2]
Climate data for Errachidia (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
29.3 (84.7) |
34.8 (94.6) |
38.7 (101.7) |
37.6 (99.7) |
32.6 (90.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
26.3 (79.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
26.0 (78.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
13.7 (56.7) |
9.6 (49.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
Average low °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) |
4.6 (40.3) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.1 (75.4) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
3.0 (37.4) |
13.2 (55.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9.8 (0.39) |
14.8 (0.58) |
8.3 (0.33) |
8.9 (0.35) |
9.9 (0.39) |
5.8 (0.23) |
2.7 (0.11) |
3.9 (0.15) |
11.8 (0.46) |
22.5 (0.89) |
14.8 (0.58) |
10.2 (0.40) |
123.6 (4.87) |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 252.3 | 242.6 | 277.1 | 294.5 | 317.0 | 315.8 | 310.1 | 293.8 | 267.0 | 262.3 | 246.7 | 242.3 | 3,321.5 |
Source: World Meteorological Organization[3] |
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Capital: Errachidia | ||
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