Safi

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Safi (in Arabic, Asfi), port of Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean, in the west of the country, in the province of Marrakech. Safi is the first fishing port of the country.  De Safi is also exported the Moroccan production of phosphates.  The potteries constitute a considerable resource.  The town of Safi is a city strengthened, massive, dominated by the ruins of the castle of the sultans (XVIe century).

Conquered by the Portuguese, it remained under Portuguese domination until 1541, then passed under the control of the French until the independence of Morocco in 956.

Population (estimate 1992):

283 000 inhabitants.

Les sites sur Safi:

 

http://www.multimania.com/safimaroc/index.htm

History and photographs.

http://www.multimania.com/safiville/