Kalaat Sraghna

Place in Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco

El Kelaa des Sraghna

قلعة السراغنة (Arabic)

El Kelaa des Sraghna

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Coordinates: 32°2′53″N 7°24′30″W﻿ / ﻿32.04806°N 7.40833°W﻿ / 32.04806; -7.40833
Country|  Morocco
Region| Marrakesh-Safi
Province| El Kelaa des Sraghna
Establishment| 11th Century
Elevation

| 400 m (1,300 ft)
Population

(2014)[1]

• Total| 95,224
Time zone| UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+1 (WEST)

Kalaat Sraghna Arabic: قلعة السراغنة, romanized: qalʿat as-sarāḡina, also Kelaat Sraghna, El Kelaa des Sraghna, or El Kelaa des Srarhna) is a small city in central Morocco. The economy of the town is mostly based on agriculture, the growing of olive trees being predominant.

## History

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According to some historical references, the Alaouite Sultan Moulay Ismail established the city in the 17th century. The Sultan had aimed to found citadels and Quasbas to control the movements of mountainous tribes. Other references state that the existence of the city refers to the period of the Almoravids. According to other sources, the city was known as the Arabs designations such as "Gaynou" Lagrare, and it was founded by the Almoravids as a project to monitor the road between Fes and Marrakesh, to populate the area and fight against Berghouata’s heresy. Nevertheless, some manuscripts cite evidence that Saadian Dynasty founded the city in the late the sixteenth century and it was known as the designation "Kelaat Lagrare".[citation needed]

## Climate

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El Kelaa des Sraghna has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh).

Climate data for El Kelaa des Srarhna

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 17
(62)  | 19
(67)  | 22
(71)  | 24
(75)  | 29
(84)  | 31
(88)  | 36
(97)  | 37
(98)  | 32
(90)  | 27
(81)  | 22
(71)  | 18
(64)  | 26
(79)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 6
(42)  | 7
(45)  | 9
(49)  | 11
(51)  | 14
(57)  | 16
(61)  | 19
(66)  | 19
(67)  | 17
(63)  | 14
(58)  | 11
(51)  | 7
(44)  | 13
(55)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 28
(1.1)  | 30
(1.2)  | 28
(1.1)  | 20
(0.8)  | 7.6
(0.3)  | 5.1
(0.2)  | 0
(0)  | 0
(0)  | 7.6
(0.3)  | 23
(0.9)  | 20
(0.8)  | 48
(1.9)  | 220
(8.7)
Source: Weatherbase [2]

## References

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1. ^ "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 29 September 2017.
2. ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for El Kelaa des Srarhna, Morocco". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.

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Capital: El Kelaâ Des Sraghna

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