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Safi is a city in Morocco, situated in the Safi Province and the Marrakech-Safi region. It serves as the capital of both the province and the Doukkala-Abda region. The city is located next to the Atlantic Ocean and has an elevation of 79 meters above sea level. Its official name is مدينة آسفي, with native labels including آسفي and ⴰⵙⴼⵉ.
The population of Safi is 367,249, comprising 85,929 households. The city is twinned with Setúbal, Ali Sabieh, Montereau, and Boulogne-sur-Mer. It owns the Stade El Massira. The postal code for the area is 46000, and the license plate code is 54.
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Place details
- Locality
- Pachalik de Safi باشوية آسفي
- Region
- Marrakech-Safi ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ-ⴰⵙⴼⵉ مراكش-أسفي
- Country
- Maroc ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ المغرب
- Population
- 336,883
- Timezone
- Africa/Casablanca
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Travel guide
Understand
The town is locally pronounced as "Asfi".
Safi is the main fishing port for the country's sardine industry. The town also has exports for phosphates, textiles and ceramics. It is certainly an industrial town, with a considerably smaller tourist trade.
You will likely encounter guides offering their services around the major tourist spots. You may find them helpful for navigation and to get an all-around understanding of the city and its history.
Eat
Being a coastal city, fresh seafood is a common dish. There are also tagines, a slow cooked stew, harira, a traditional soup, and couscous.
Go next
Head south to Essaouira, a coastal city which was once a hippie hangout
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Safi is a city in western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of Safi Province. It recorded a population of 346,000 as of 2024. The city was occupied by the Portuguese Empire from 1488 to 1541, was the center of Morocco's weaving industry, and became a fortaleza of the Portuguese Crown in 1508. Safi is the main fishing port for the country's sardine industry, and also exports phosphates, textiles and ceramics. During the Second World War, Safi was the site of Operation Blackstone, one of the landing sites for Operation Torch.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Safi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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