Timeline of Rabat
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rabat, Morocco.
Prior to 20th century
For the earlier history of the region of Rabat see Chellah
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- 1150 CE - Citadel construction begins.[1]
- 1627 - Rabat and Salé form the Republic of Bou Regreg.
- 1864 - Dar al-Makhzen (palace) built.
20th century
- 1912 - Moroccan capital relocated to Rabat from Fes.[1]
- 1915 - Musée National des Bijoux à Rabat active.[2]
- 1916 - Lycée Moulay Youssef (school) opens.[citation needed]
- 1919 - Stade Marocain football club formed.
- 1923 - Stade de FUS (stadium) opens.
- 1924 - Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc established.
- 1944 - Centre cinématographique marocain [fr] headquartered in Rabat.[citation needed]
- 1946 - Fath Union Sport football club formed.
- 1951 - Population: 156,209.[3]
- 1955 - Rabat becomes capital of independent Morocco.[1]
- 1957 - Moulay-Hassan Bridge [fr] opens.
- 1958 - Association Sportive des Forces Armées Royales football club formed.
- 1959 - Maghreb Arabe Press established.
- 1960 - Population: 233,000.[4]
- 1961 - National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics established.
- 1962 - Théâtre national Mohammed-V [fr] opens.
- 1967 - Association Marocaine de la Recherche et de l'Echange Culturel established.[5]
- 1969 - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation founded in Rabat.
- 1973 - Population: 435,510 city; 596,600 urban agglomeration.[6]
- 1974 - 1974 Arab League summit held.
- 1979 - Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquartered in city.
- 1980
- École nationale d'architecture de Rabat [fr] (school) established.
- Population: 808,000.[4]
- 1981 - National Institute for Urban and Territorial Planning headquartered in Rabat.[7]
- 1982 - Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
- 1983 - Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium opens.
- 1985 - August: 1985 Pan Arab Games held.
- 1987 - Universite Mohammed V's Centre D'etudes Strategiques established.[8]
- 1989
- 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie held in Rabat.
- Arab Maghreb Union headquartered in Rabat.[8]
- 1991 - Casablanca–Rabat expressway built.
- 1993 - Population: 1,220,000 urban agglomeration (estimate).[9]
- 1999 - Rabat–Fes expressway built.
- 2000 - Population: 1,507,000.[4]
21st century
- 2005 - Rabat–Tangier expressway built.
- 2009 - Fathallah Oualalou becomes mayor.
- 2010
- Rabat Ringroad construction begins.
- June–July: African Youth Games held in Rabat
- 2011
- February: Political demonstration.[10]
- Rabat-Salé tramway begins operating.
- Population: 1,843,000.[4]
- 2012 - Rabat–Salé Airport new terminal opens.
- 2013 - Archives du Maroc opens.
- 2014 - Population: 578,644 (estimate).[11]
- 2015 - City becomes part of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra administrative region.
See also
- Rabat history
- Timelines of other cities in Morocco: Casablanca, Fez, Marrakesh, Meknes, Salé [fr], Tangier
- Timeline of Morocco [fr]
References
- ^ a b c Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). "Rabat". Historical Dictionary of Morocco (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2.
- ^ "Musée National des Bijoux à Rabat" (in French). Rabat: Royaume du Maroc, Ministère de la culture. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014.
- ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
- ^ a b c d The State of African Cities 2014. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 10 September 2015. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014.
- ^ Hsain Ilahiane (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6490-0.
- ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
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- ^ a b "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division. 1997. pp. 262–321.
- ^ "Morocco Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
Bibliography
- in English
- Janet L. Abu-Lughod (1980). Rabat: Urban Apartheid in Morocco. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-5303-8.
- Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Rabat, Egypt". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 0415234794.
- Jamila Bargach (2008). "Rabat". In Yasser Elsheshtawy (ed.). The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-12821-1.
- in French
- Maurice de Périgny [in French] (1919). Au Maroc; Casablanca-Rabat-Meknes (in French). Paris P. Roger.
- Sylviane Munoz (1981). "Les structures démographiques d'une capitale coloniale: la population de Rabat en 1952". Cahiers de la Méditerranée (in French). 23: 23–70. doi:10.3406/camed.1981.928 – via Persee.fr.
- Safaa Monqid (2009). "Les morisques et l'édification de la ville de Rabat" [Moors and the building of the city of Rabat]. Cahiers de la Méditerranée (in French). 79 – via Revues.org.
- Sonia Serhir (2017). "Hay Ryad à Rabat: de la ville nouvelle au quartier?". Cahiers d'EMAM (in French). 29 (29). doi:10.4000/emam.1376 – via Revues.org. (About Hay Ryad [fr] quarter)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rabat.
- "(Rabat)" – via Qatar National Library, Qatar Digital Library. (Images, etc.)
- "(Rabat)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
- "(Rabat)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
- "(Rabat)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
- "(Rabat)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
- Christian Zimmermann (ed.). "(Rabat)". Research Papers in Economics. US: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (Bibliography)
- "(Rabat)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
- "Rabat, Morocco". BlackPast.org. US. 24 February 2015.
- "Morocco: Rabat". Archnet. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.
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Moulay-Hassan Bridge, Rabat, opened in 1957 -
Satellite view of Rabat, 2005 -
View of Rabat from space, 2010
34°01′15″N 6°50′30″W / 34.020882°N 6.84165°W / 34.020882; -6.84165
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