Rabat

Rabat Eṛṛbaṭ / ⴻⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ / الرباط
City
Clockwise from top: River Bou Regreg and the Kasbah of the Udayas, Dâr-al-Makhzen the main royal residence, Hassan Tower, Chellah Necropolis, Kasbah of the Udayas, Mausoleum of Mohammed V
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Coordinates: 34°02′N 6°50′W / 34.033°N 6.833°W / 34.033; -6.833[1]
Country	Morocco
Region	Eṛṛbaṭ-Sla-Qniṭra
Founded by Almohads	1146
Government
• Mayor	Mohamed Sadiki
Area
• City	117 km2 (45.17 sq mi)
Highest elevation	160 m (520 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2014)[2]
• City	577,827
• Rank	7th in Morocco
• Density	4,900/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
• Metro	2,120,192
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)
Website	www.rabat.ma
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv
Designated	2012 (36th session)
Reference no.	1401
State Party	Morocco
Region	Arab States

Rabat (Arabic: الرباط, transliterated ar-Rabāṭ or ar-Ribāṭ, literally "Fortified Place"), population 577,827 hab. (2014 estimate), is the capital of the Kingdom of Morocco. It is also the capital of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region.

The city is on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg. On the other side of the river is Rabat's bedroom community. Together the two cities with Temara have a population of 1.8 million. Silting problems have lowered the city's role as a port. However, Rabat and Salé still maintain somewhat important textile, food processing and construction industries. Some are from sweatshop labor by major businesses.

In addition, tourism and being home to all foreign embassies in Morocco help to make Rabat the second most important city in the country after the larger and economically more significant Casablanca.

1. ↑ "Hong Kong Observatory". Hong Kong Observatory. Archived from the original on 2012-08-17. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. ↑ "Population légale d'après les résultats du RGPH 2014 sur le Bulletin officiel N° 6354". Haut-Commissariat au Plan (in Arabic). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2015-07-11.