Boulaouane
Rural commune and town in Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
32°51′38″N 8°03′11″W / 32.86066°N 8.05303°W / 32.86066; -8.05303 (2004)
Boulaouane is a small town and rural commune in El Jadida Province of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. The town is near the Oum Er-Rbia River and the fortress (Boulanouane Kasbah) overlooks that river.[1] At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 14,404 people living in 2319 households.[2]
History
The fortress or Kasbah that overlooks an important bend in the river was built by Moulay Ismail in 1710. The ten-metre-high (33 ft) towers command a view of the surrounding area.[1]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boulaouane, Morocco.
- ^ a b Boulaouane Kasbah - Fortress Overlooking the Wadi Oum er-Rbia River, Morocco.com, accessed January 2013
- ^ "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004" (PDF). Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
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El Jadida Province
Capital: El Jadida
- Boulaouane
- Chaibate
- Chtouka
- Haouzia
- Laghdira
- Lamharza Essahel
- Mettouh
- Mogress
- Moulay Abdallah
- Oulad Aissa
- Oulad Frej
- Oulad Ghanem
- Oulad Hamdane
- Oulad Hcine
- Oulad Rahmoune
- Oulad Sidi Ali Ben Youssef
- Sebt Saiss
- Si Hsaien Ben Abderrahmane
- Sidi Abed
- Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche
- Sidi M'Hamed Akhdim
- Sidi Smail
- Zaouiat Lakouacem
- Zaouiat Saiss
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