Agadir - City of Morocco
Agadir is a major city in southwest Morocco, capital of the Agadir province and the Sous-Massa-Draa economic region.
During medieval times, there was only a fishing village there, Agadir el-arba`. In 1505 the Portuguese established a trading post named Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué, under a governor. In 1541, the city came under Wattasid control and in 1572 a stronghold was built on the top of the hill overlooking the bay, the Kasbah. Agadir became prosperous for two centuries.
In 1911, the arrival of a German gunboat, officially to protect the local German community, triggered the Agadir Crisis between France and Germany which allowed France, in 1913, to occupy nearly the whole kingdom of Morocco.
At 15 minutes to midnight on February 29, 1960, Agadir was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake that lasted 15 seconds, burying the city and killing thousands. The death toll is estimated at 15,000. The earthquake destroyed the ancient Kasbah. On its front gate can still be read the following sentence in Dutch: "Fear God and honour thy King".
On seeing the destruction in Agadir, King Muhammad V of Morocco declared: "If Destiny decided the destruction of Agadir, its rebuilding depends of our Faith and Will." Reconstruction began in 1961, two kilometers south of the earthquake epicentre.
Agadir Agreement
Agadir Crisis of 1911
1960 Agadir earthquake
Institut Supérieur d'Informatique Appliquée et de Management
Ecole Polytechnique Privée d'Agadir
Ecole Supérieure de Tourisme et Technologie Hôtelière d'Agadir
University of Agadir (IbnZohr)
Faculté des Sciences d'Agadir
Institut Francais d'Agadir
lycée français d'Agadir
Ecole superieure de technologie d'Agadir
Faculté des Sciences d'Agadir
Groupe scolaire Paul Gauguin Agadir
Lycée Qualifiant Youssef Ben Tachfine
Fondation Banque Populaire pour l'Education et la culture
Al Hanane School
ENSA L'Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquees d' Agadir
ENCG Agadir, École Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion de Agadir
Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II Complexe Horticole d'Agadir
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