Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
A World Heritage Site in Morocco, inscribed in 2001 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Morocco
- Region
- Arab States
- Inscribed
- 2001
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (ii)(iv)
- Property area
- approx. 56.7 ha
- Component parts
- 2
- Coordinates
- 31.5141, -9.7703
- UNESCO ID
- 753
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Médina d’Essaouira (ancienne Mogador)
- Spanish
- Medina de Esauira (Antigua Mogador)
- Chinese
- 索维拉城（原摩加多尔）
Other World Heritage Sites in Morocco
- Archaeological Site of Volubilis (1997)
- Historic City of Meknes (1996)
- Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou (1987)
- Medina of Fez (1981)
- Medina of Marrakesh (1985)
- Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) (1997)
- Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida) (2004)
- Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage (2012)
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