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MAZAGAN (El Jadida)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 939 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAZAGAN (El Jadida) , a See also:port on the See also:Atlantic See also:coast of See also:Morocco in 330 16' N. 8° 26' W. Pop. (1908), about 12,000, of whom afourth are See also:Jews and some 400 Europeans. It is the port for See also:Marrakesh, from which it is See also:Ito m. nearly due See also:north, and also for the fertile See also:province of Dukalia. Mazagan presents from the See also:sea a very un-Moorish See also:appearance; it has massive Portuguese walls of hewn See also:stone. The exports, which include beans, almonds, See also:maize, chick-peas, See also:wool, hides, See also:wax, eggs, &c., were valued at £360,000 in 1900, £364,000 in 1904, and £248,000 in 1906. The imports (See also:cotton goods, See also:sugar, See also:tea, See also:rice, &c.) were valued at £280,000 in 1900, £286,000 in 1904, and £320,000 in 1906. About 46% of the See also:trade is with See also:Great See also:Britain and 34% with See also:France. Mazagan was built in 1506 by the Portuguese, who abandoned it to the See also:Moors in 1769 and established a See also:colony, New Mazagan, on the shores of See also:Para in See also:Brazil. See A. H.

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Les ports du Maroc " in See also:Bull. See also:Soc. Geog. See also:Comm. See also:Paris, See also:xxx. 325-332 (1908), and See also:British consular reports.

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