Mohammedia

Mohammedia
المحمدية
Mohammedia
Location in Morocco
Mohammedia
Mohammedia (Africa)
Coordinates: 33°41′N 7°23′W / 33.683°N 7.383°W / 33.683; -7.383
Country Morocco
RegionCasablanca-Settat
Government
  MayorHicham Aït Mana
Population
 (2014)
  Total
208,611
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Mohammedia (Arabic: المحمدية, romanized: al-Muḥammadiyya), known until 1960 as Fedala (Arabic: فضالة, romanized: Faḍāla), is a port city on the west coast of Morocco between Casablanca and Rabat in the region of Casablanca-Settat. It hosts the most important oil refinery of Morocco, Samir Refinery, which makes it the center of the Moroccan petroleum industry. It has a population of 208,612 according to the 2014 Moroccan census.