Ghafsai
Ghafsai (Arabic: غفساي) is a town in Taounate Province, in the region of Fas-Meknas, Morocco. It is located in the Rif Mountains.[2] As of the 2014 Moroccan census, Ghafsai has 6,361 inhabitants.[1] HistoryAfter being controlled by the Kingdom of Morocco in the previous decades, Ghafsai was within Spanish Morocco from 1912 to 1921,[3] and then the Rif Republic ruled over the Rif region, including Ghafsai, from 1921 to 1926.[4] In the Rif War of the 1920s Interwar Period, Ghafsai was within the warzone.[5] After the Rif Republic lost the war, the area returned under Spanish control.[6] During the Ifni War in the 1950s, the Moroccan Army of Liberation used Ghafsai as one of their centers of operations against the Spanish and French.[7] In January 2016, 18 urban development projects spanning over 22 hectares (54 acres) of land were announced to be in progress. Grants for a house relocation project totaled 8.63 million Moroccan dirhams, while the cost for a new sewage system was estimated at 47 million dirhams. Construction of a shopping center, a school, a sports complex, car parking area, economic development area, parks, a landfill, and an electrical network overhaul are also planned. In total, all of these new projects are estimated to add up to the cost of over 300 million dirhams.[8] GeographyGhafsai is located in the Rif Mountains in the northern part of Morocco.[2] EconomyGhafsai is one of the major producers of cannabis in Morocco,[2] but in recent years other agriculture and beekeeping ventures have developed also.[9] Faba beans and barley are also produced in Ghafsai.[10] References
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