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)

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. ↑ 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. ↑ 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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