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Agadir (Tashelhit ''Agadir'', ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ; Moroccan Arabic ) is a major city in Morocco, located on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Sous River flows into the ocean, at a distance of some 508 km to the south of Casablanca, 173 km south of Essaouira and 235 km southwest of Marrakech.〔via the Casablanca–Marrakesh expressway〕 It is the capital of the Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture and of the Souss-Massa economic region. A majority of its inhabitants speak Tashelhit, a Berber language, as their first language. ==Introduction== The city of Agadir together with the neighbouring cities of Inezgane and Ait Melloul was estimated in 2013 to have 609,088 inhabitants〔(''World Gazetteer : Morocco - the most important cities'' ) 〕 According to the 2004 census, there were 346,106 inhabitants in that year〔(General Census of the population and habitat 2004, Commisariat of Planning, Website: www.lavieeco.com, consulted on 7 February 2012 ) 〕 and the population of the Prefecture of Agadir-Ida Outanane was 487,954 inhabitants〔〔Information on the population of Agadir from different sources is contradictory.〕 Agadir is one of the major urban centres of Morocco, the seventh largest conurbation of the country after Casablanca, Rabat, Fès, Marrakech, Meknes, and Tangier. The population density is quite high. Three languages are spoken in the city: Tashelhit (first language of the majority), Moroccan Arabic, and French. The mayor is Tariq Kabbaj. Destroyed by earthquake in 1960, the city has been completely rebuilt with mandatory seismic standards. It is now the largest seaside resort in Morocco, where foreign tourists and many residents are attracted by an unusually mild year-round climate. Since 2010, it has been well served by ''low cost'' flights and a Motorway from Tangiers, the city attracts all walks of life and has had an annual growth rate of over 6% per year in housing demand while housing production barely exceeds 3.4%. The mild winter climate (January average midday temperature 20.5 °C/69 °F)〔("Climate (Average Weather) Data", from NOAA Station Id FM60250, Latitude: 30° 23'N Longitude: 9° 34'W Elevation: 23m ).〕 and good beaches have made it a major "winter sun" destination for Northern Europeans. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agadir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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