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Errashidia الرشيدية | |
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 Main road in Er Rashidia | |
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| Coordinates:31°55′55″N4°25′28″W / 31.93194°N 4.42444°W /31.93194; -4.42444 | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Drâa-Tafilalet |
| Province | Errachidia |
| Elevation | 1,009 m (3,310 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 92,374 |
Errashidia (Arabic:الرشيدية,romanized: ar-Rashidiyyah), formerly known asKsar es-Souk, (Arabic:قصر السوق,romanized: Qaṣr as-Sūq) is a city in Morocco, located in theErrachidia Province, and is the capital of theDrâa-Tafilalet region.
Formerly known as "Ksar es-Souk" (Arabic:قصر السوق,romanized: Qaṣr as-Sūq), the city was renamed Errachidia around 1975 in honor of the second son of Hassan II,Moulay Rachid.
The city was part of the route of the2006 and2007 Dakar Rally.
Errachidia has ahot desert climate (Köppen climate classificationBWh). The highest temperature ever registered in Errachidia was 43.9 °C (111.0 °F), on July 17, 2021.[2]
| Climate data for Errachidia (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) | 28.2 (82.8) | 32.3 (90.1) | 36.3 (97.3) | 39.5 (103.1) | 41.9 (107.4) | 44.7 (112.5) | 43.7 (110.7) | 39.7 (103.5) | 36.6 (97.9) | 29.8 (85.6) | 26.7 (80.1) | 44.7 (112.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.2 (64.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 26.1 (79.0) | 30.3 (86.5) | 35.4 (95.7) | 39.5 (103.1) | 38.2 (100.8) | 32.9 (91.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 20.6 (69.1) | 16.7 (62.1) | 26.9 (80.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.4 (52.5) | 15.6 (60.1) | 19.6 (67.3) | 23.8 (74.8) | 28.7 (83.7) | 32.7 (90.9) | 31.5 (88.7) | 26.4 (79.5) | 20.5 (68.9) | 14.1 (57.4) | 10.1 (50.2) | 20.3 (68.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) | 4.6 (40.3) | 8.8 (47.8) | 13.0 (55.4) | 17.3 (63.1) | 22.0 (71.6) | 25.8 (78.4) | 24.9 (76.8) | 19.9 (67.8) | 14.2 (57.6) | 7.7 (45.9) | 3.5 (38.3) | 13.6 (56.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.1 (17.4) | −4.5 (23.9) | −0.4 (31.3) | 4.8 (40.6) | 5.4 (41.7) | 12.2 (54.0) | 16.5 (61.7) | 16.3 (61.3) | 11.7 (53.1) | 6.1 (43.0) | −0.6 (30.9) | −3.8 (25.2) | −8.1 (17.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 10.0 (0.39) | 12.6 (0.50) | 14.0 (0.55) | 9.4 (0.37) | 8.7 (0.34) | 5.6 (0.22) | 3.1 (0.12) | 6.3 (0.25) | 18.2 (0.72) | 20.8 (0.82) | 16.3 (0.64) | 8.0 (0.31) | 133.0 (5.24) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1 mm) | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 21.3 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 252.3 | 242.6 | 277.1 | 294.5 | 317.0 | 315.8 | 310.1 | 293.8 | 267.0 | 262.3 | 246.7 | 242.3 | 3,321.5 |
| Source:NOAA (sun 1981–2010)[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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