Safi (Maroc) The present of the ocean

Safi (Arabic: آسفي; Berber: ⴰⵙⴼⵉ; Portuguese: Safim) is a city in western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean. Capital of the province of Safi, Safi has a population of 308,508 (census of 20141), but is also the center of an agglomeration that has about 415 323 inhabitants (2014). The city was under the protectorate of the Portuguese Empire (1488-1541). The fortress built by Vasco da Gama to protect the city, under Portuguese rule, is still there today. Safi is the main fishing port for the country and its industry, and exports phosphate, textile and ceramics.

Étymologie

The name of the city as locally pronounced is "Asfi", which was latinized in "Safi" and "Safim" under Portuguese rule. "Asfi" means flood or estuary of the river in Berber and comes from the Berber root "sfi / sfey" which means flood, spill or pour. The Berbers (Thyamiaterion or Carcunticus) of Safi traded in the coastal towns with the Carthaginians. It was near Safi that the oldest Berber bone was found.

Geographer of the eleventh century, Al-Idrisi gave an apparently false explanation [ref. Necessary] to the origin of the name "Asfi". He related it to the Arabic word "Asaf" (regret), or "Asafi" (my great regret). He bases this claim on a strange story about some sailors of al-Andalus, who had sailed to discover the other end of the Atlantic Ocean. They had got lost and had landed on an island where the natives had captured them and sent them on their ships blindfolded. The ships had finished on the banks of the Asfi. The locals had helped the lost sailors and told them that they were two months sailing from their native land al-Andalus. On hearing this one of the sailors replied, "Wa Asafi" ("Oh my great regret"). Al-Idrisi writes that since that time the city would bear the name of "Asafi". This story is reputed to be a legend [ref. Necessary] and an unlikely explanation of the origin of the name.

The city of Safi is a Moroccan city on the Atlantic coast near the city of Casablanca. The city of Safi is located on the Atlantic Ocean between the new cities of Essaouira, about 200 km away from the city of Casablanca and about 160 km from the city of Marrakech. It is among the oldest cities in Morocco, which includes a range of historical monuments and castles that testify to its ancient history.

Fishing The fishing sector is one of the most important sectors in Safi. It is a vital sector for the inhabitants of Safi because it provides employment to approximately 21,000 seafarers. Thanks to the development of this sector, especially sardine fishing for rice Haj Mohammed Abed, who worked to bring the latest technology in hunting. Although the fish industry is very old in the region and dates back to 1930, it did not develop any significant development until 1990, when many fish companies were established, which now number 28. It exports exported Moroccan fish to Europe, Asia and other Arab countries.

Since ancient times, my regret has been so important that the name of the city was included among the mothers of the historical dictionaries as the lexicon of the countries of Yacout Hamwi, and the famous Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta mentioned in his famous memoirs, which have been translated into more than twenty languages. If we want to pursue this position in other Arab and foreign sources, we will find ourselves in front of long pamphlets. It is worth noting that Asfi was a preferred destination for many Andalusian and Arab families from Tetouan, Fez, Rabat and Salé, and that Ahmed Ben Jelloun described Asfi as a diplomatic city inhabited by ambassadors and consuls, such as Guillaume Berar, France Henry III, Horst and John Mookie, a pharmacist, King Henry IV, and the British envoys were arriving in Assefi before heading to Marrakesh where the English seaside Harrison came to deliver a letter from the King of England Charles I to Moulay Abdellah. My sorrow turned into a diplomatic port anchored by the European ships, The conclusion of international agreements in the capital Marrakech.

Throughout history, Asfi was the most important port of Morocco, making it famous scientific trips (shepherd 69-70 - roach 74). In the past, the Almoravids took a center to collect the African gold convoys that were transported by ship to Andalusia to mint money, thus becoming the port of the Empire of the Almoravid Empire. The Portuguese made it a major export port for grain, sugar and wool. With the arrival of a large English community on the city, the English set up a commercial center and then in the 19th century they set up a storehouse to collect everything that came from my sorrow to England, but the demolition shovels called for their place to be transferred to Moulay Youssef Square.