Temara

Temara () is a coastal city in Morocco. It is located in the region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, directly south of Rabat on the Atlantic coast, in the suburban area of the capital. The city with 297,098 inhabitants as of 2024 is the capital of Skhirate-Témara Prefecture. It is twinned with Saint Germain en Laye, France. The city has beaches and a small pleasure port.

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Place details

Locality: Témara تمارة
Region: Rabat-Salé-Kénitra ⵔⴱⴰⵟ-ⵙⵍⴰ-ⵇⵏⵉⵟⵔⴰ الرباط-سلا-القنيطرة
Country: Maroc ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ المغرب
Population: 342,345
Timezone: Africa/Casablanca

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Temara
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.pushpin_map: Morocco#Africa
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Morocco
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Prefecture
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Skhirate-Témara
Settlement.population_total: 297,098
Settlement.population_rank: 12th in Morocco
Settlement.population_as_of: 2024
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Témara
Population: 297098
Area: 33.56
Official website: www.temara.ma
Image: Auto Route Morocco.jpg
Households: 82146

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Commons category: Temara
postal code: 12000
inception: 1983-00-00
native label: ⵜⵎⴰⵔⴰ
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People
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== History == Temara was founded in the twelfth century (1130–1163) by Sultan Abd al-Mu'min, who built a mosque there and named it Massa. Five centuries later, Mulai Ismail built the current wall and made from Temara a ribat (casern) around Said mosque. Later, Mulay Abd ar-Rahman (1822–1859) and Mulay Abdul Aziz (1894–1908), completed (Kasbah of the Udayas) as religious and military camps. Temara also has a small network of coastal caves, notably El Harhoura 2 cave and El Mnasra cave (formerly known as the Smugglers' Cave), which are archaeological sites dating back 120,000 years, from the Aterian age.