Youssoufia, Morocco

Youssoufia (Arabic: اليوسفية) is the capital of Youssoufia Province in Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco.

In the 2014 Moroccan census it recorded a population of 67,628,[1] up from 64,518 ten years ago.

The city was founded in 1931 by the French when they began to exploit the phosphate deposits of the Gantour basin.

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