What is certain is that the whole region was a scrubby plain populated with tamarind woods difficult to access because in rainy season, it was likely to retain water.

Mosquitoes and dangerous animals made the setting up of an urban gathering technically difficult; according to the means available before the industrial revolution.

The tribes who lived in the heights of the plain could graze their herds of oxen and sheep and cultivate on the borders of cereals.

The town served as an agricultural hub during the French colonial period and has continued to do so in modern times, especially for its production of citrus fruits.

Mohammadia is famous with its large fields of oranges fruit, and it is growing with a high quality comparing to the other towns because of its soil.