Moulay Yacoub

Moulay Yacoub
Moulay Yacoub; مولاي يعقوب
	Town
	Moulay Yacoub location in Morocco
	Coordinates: [ ⚑ ] 34°05′16″N 5°10′52″W / 34.0878°N 5.1811°W
Country	Morocco
Region	Fès-Meknès
Province	Moulay Yacoub
Population (September 2014)
• Total	4,612
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

Moulay Yacoub (Arabic: مولاي يعقوب mūlāy yaʿqūb) is a spa town and municipality located 21 km northwest of Fez, Morocco.^[2] It is the capital of Moulay Yacoub Province and reported a population of 4612 in the 2014 Moroccan census.^[1] The baths use water pumped from 1500 m below ground and reach a temperature of 54 °C.^[2]

History

The town is assumed to have taken its name to Yaqub al-Mansur, the third ruler of the Almohad Caliphate, who ritually purified himself from illness during his administration in the late 12th century. It is a modern traditional spa complex and preserves its archaic thermal waters.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D’APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in ar, fr). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. http://rgph2014.hcp.ma/file/166326/. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Taking the waters of Moulay Yacoub". http://www.roughguides.com/destinations/africa/morocco/fez-meknes-middle-atlas/fez/taking-waters-moulay-yacoub/. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

[ ⚑ ] 34°05′16″N 5°10′52″W / 34.0878°N 5.1811°W / 34.0878; -5.1811

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[census2014-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D’APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in ar, fr). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. http://rgph2014.hcp.ma/file/166326/. Retrieved 3 June 2016.

[RoughGuide-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Taking the waters of Moulay Yacoub". http://www.roughguides.com/destinations/africa/morocco/fez-meknes-middle-atlas/fez/taking-waters-moulay-yacoub/. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

Moulay Yacoub مولاي يعقوب
Town

Moulay Yacoub location in Morocco
Coordinates: [ ⚑ ] 34°05′16″N 5°10′52″W / 34.0878°N 5.1811°W / 34.0878; -5.1811
Country	Morocco
Region	Fès-Meknès
Province	Moulay Yacoub
Population (September 2014)^[1]
• Total	4,612
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)