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Khemisset () is a city in northern Morocco with a population of 131,542 recorded in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is situated on the A2 motorway between Rabat (81 km) and Meknès (57 km), and is the capital of Khémisset Province.

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Place details

Locality
Khémisset ⵅⴻⵎⵉⵙⵙⴻⵜ الخميسات
Region
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra ⵔⴱⴰⵟ-ⵙⵍⴰ-ⵇⵏⵉⵟⵔⴰ الرباط-سلا-القنيطرة
Country
Maroc ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ المغرب
Population
143,640
Timezone
Africa/Casablanca

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Khemisset
Settlement.native_name
الخميسات
Settlement.pushpin_map
Morocco#Africa
Settlement.pushpin_relief
1
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Morocco
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Khemisset
Settlement.population_as_of
2014
Settlement.population_total
131,542
Settlement.population_rank
24th in Morocco
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1

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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Potash field
  • Notable people
  • References

Khemisset () is a city in northern Morocco with a population of 131,542 recorded in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is situated on the A2 motorway between Rabat (81 km) and Meknès (57 km), and is the capital of Khémisset Province.

From 1912 to 1914 the French built a 600 mm narrow gauge railway from Rabat via Souk el Abra des Sehoul, Tiflet, Dar Caid Bou Driss to Khemisset. It was abandoned in 1935 and lifted before 1942. Between Tiflet and Khemisset, the old track bed of narrow gauge line was later built to Rabat Khemisset main road.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khemisset” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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