Jerada

Place in Oriental, Morocco

Jerada
جرادة

Jerada
جرادة

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جرادة

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جرادة (Africa)

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Coordinates: 34°18′42″N 2°9′49″W﻿ / ﻿34.31167°N 2.16361°W﻿ / 34.31167; -2.16361
Country|  Morocco
Region| Oriental
Province| Jerada Province
Elevation

| 3,431 ft (1,046 m)
Population

(September 2014)[1]

• Total

| 43,506
Time zone| UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+1 (WEST)

Jerada (Arabic: جْرادة) is a city in the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco. It is located close to the border with Algeria.

Jerada is the capital city of Jerada Province. According to the 2014 census, the municipality had a population of 43,506 people living in 8,953 households.[1]

## History

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Jerada has been the location of various instances of civil unrest in Morocco.[2]

It was one of the sites of the 1948 Anti-Jewish Riots in Oujda and Jerada.[3] The local Jews had been surrounded by an uncontrollable mob.[4] During this pogrom, thirty-nine Jews were murdered[5][6] and thirty were severely injured.[5][7]

The 2017–2018 Moroccan protests started in Jerada after two brothers died in a tunnel accident when a mine flooded after miners broke through into a well.[8]

## References

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1. ^ a b "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
2. ^ Andrew G. Bostom (2008). The legacy of Islamic antisemitism: from sacred texts to solemn history. Prometheus Books. p. 160. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
3. ^ Carr, Maurice (3 September 1948). "The Pogroms of Oujda and Djerada". The Sydney Jewish News. p. 8\. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
4. ^ Mandel, Maud (2014), Muslims and Jews in France: History of a Conflict, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-1400848584
5. ^ a b Dalit Atrakchi (2001). "The Moroccan Nationalist Movement and Its Attitude toward Jews and Zionism". In Michael M. Laskier and Yaacov Lev. The Divergence of Judaism and Islam. University Press of Florida. p. 163.: "...the riots that broke out on 7 June 1948 in the cities of Oujda and Jerada, close to the border between Morocco and Algeria, which served as a transfer station for Moroccan Jews on their way to Israel... It is believed that the riots were brought on by the speech given a short while earlier by Sultan Muḥammad Ben-Yussuf, which inveighed against the Zionists and cried for solidarity with the Arabs fighting in Israel. Claims have been made that the French authorities not only knew about these impending events but also goaded and collaborated with the instigators as a provocation against the heads of the Moroccan Independence Party, who could later be blamed for committing murder."
6. ^ "This Day in Jewish History / Anti-Jewish rioting in Morocco leaves 44 dead". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
7. ^ http://www.sephardicgen.com/databases/oujdaDjeradaSrchFrm.html List of the victims of the pogrom, June 7 and 8, 1948
8. ^ "Thousands protest after two brothers die in Morocco's 'mines of death'". France 24. 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2021-04-08.

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Oriental, Morocco

Capital: Oujda

Provinces|

* Berkane Province
* Driouch Province
* Figuig Province
* Guercif Province
* Jerada Province
* Nador Province
* Oujda-Angad Prefecture
* Taourirt Province

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* Ahfir
* Ain Bni Mathar
* Ain Erreggada
* Aklim
* El Arwi
* Ben Taieb
* Berkane
* Beni Ansar
* Bni Chiker
* Bni Drar
* Bni Tadjite
* Bouanane
* Bouarfa
* Bouhdila
* Ihddaden
* Dar El Kebdani
* Debdou
* Driouch
* El Aioun Sidi Mellouk
* Farkhana
* Figuig
* Guercif
* Jaadar
* Jerada
* Kassita
* Kerouna
* Madagh
* Midar
* Nador
* Oujda
* Ras Kebdana
* Saïdia
* Segangan
* Selouane
* Sidi Boubker
* Sidi Slimane Echcharraa
* Tafersit
* Talsint
* Taourirt
* Tendrara
* Tiztoutine
* Touissit
* Zaio

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