Jerada ( Berber: Jrada, ⵊⵔⴰⴷⴰ,

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

: جْرادة) is a city in the Oriental region of northeastern

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

. It is located close to the border with

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. Jerada is the capital city of

Jerada Province Jerada (Arabic: جرادة, Berber: Ijṛaden) is a province in the Oriental Region of Morocco. Its population in 2004 was 105,840. The major cities and towns are: * Ain Bni Mathar * Jerada * Oued Heimer * Sidi Boubker * Touissit Subdivisions ...

. According to the 2014 census, the municipality had a population of 43,506 people living in 8,953 households.

History

Jerada has been the location of various instances of civil unrest in Morocco. It was one of the sites of the 1948 Anti-Jewish Riots in Oujda and Jerada in which thirty-nine Jewish people were killed, thirty severely injured and others sustained minor injuries. The

2017–2018 Moroccan protests The 2017–2018 Moroccan protests, or more commonly known as Hogra (Arabic: هجر أ) were mass demonstrations, popular protests and strike actions carried out by activists, civilians and hundreds of thousands of ordinary Moroccans in Morocco, st ...

started in Jerada after two brothers died in a tunnel accident when a mine flooded after miners broke through into a well.

References

Populated places in Jerada Province Provincial capitals in Morocco Municipalities of Morocco {{OrientalMA-geo-stub