Timeline of Rabat

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rabat, Morocco.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

For the earlier history of the region of Rabat see Chellah

• 1150 CE - Citadel construction begins. ^[1]
• 1627 - Rabat and Salé form the Republic of Bou Regreg.
• 1864 - Dar al-Makhzen (palace) built.

20th century

• 1912 - Moroccan capital relocated to Rabat from Fes. ^[1]
• 1915 - Musée National des Bijoux à Rabat active. ^[2]
• 1916 - Lycée Moulay Youssef (school) opens.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1919 - Stade Marocain football club formed.
• 1923 - Stade de FUS (stadium) opens.
• 1924 - Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc established.
• 1944 - Centre cinématographique marocain  [ fr ] headquartered in Rabat.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1946 - Fath Union Sport football club formed.
• 1948 - National School of Administration (ENA) established.
• 1951 - Population: 156,209. ^[3]
• 1955 - Rabat becomes capital of independent Morocco. ^[1]
• 1957 - Moulay-Hassan Bridge  [ fr ] opens.
• 1958 - Association Sportive des Forces Armées Royales football club formed.
• 1959 - Maghreb Arabe Press established.
• 1960 - Population: 233,000. ^[4]
• 1961 - National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics established.
• 1962 - Théâtre national Mohammed-V  [ fr ] opens.
• 1967 - Association Marocaine de la Recherche et de l'Echange Culturel established. ^[5]
• 1969 - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation founded in Rabat.
• 1973 - Population: 435,510 city; 596,600 urban agglomeration. ^[6]
• 1974 - 1974 Arab League summit held.
• 1979 - Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquartered in city.
• 1980
  • École nationale d'architecture de Rabat  [ fr ] (school) established.
  • Population: 808,000. ^[4]
• 1981 - National Institute for Urban and Territorial Planning headquartered in Rabat. ^[7]
• 1982 - Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
• 1983 - Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium opens.
• 1985 - August: 1985 Pan Arab Games held.
• 1987 - Universite Mohammed V's Centre D'etudes Strategiques established. ^[8]
• 1989
  • 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie held in Rabat.
  • Arab Maghreb Union headquartered in Rabat. ^[8]
• 1991 - Casablanca–Rabat expressway built.
• 1993 - Population: 1,220,000 urban agglomeration (estimate). ^[9]
• 1999 - Rabat–Fes expressway built.
• 2000 - Population: 1,507,000. ^[4]

21st century

• 2005 - Rabat–Tangier expressway built.
• 2009 - Fathallah Oualalou becomes mayor.
• 2010
  • Rabat Ringroad construction begins.
  • June–July: African Youth Games held in Rabat
• 2011
  • February: Political demonstration. ^[10]
  • Rabat-Salé tramway begins operating.
  • Population: 1,843,000. ^[4]
• 2012 - Rabat–Salé Airport new terminal opens.
• 2013 - Archives du Maroc opens.
• 2014 - Population: 578,644 (estimate). ^[11]
• 2015 - City becomes part of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra administrative region.

See also

• Rabat history
• Timelines of other cities in Morocco: Casablanca, Fez, Marrakesh, Meknes, Salé  [ fr ], Tangier
• Timeline of Morocco  [ fr ]

References

1. Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). "Rabat". Historical Dictionary of Morocco (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-6511-2.
2. "Musée National des Bijoux à Rabat" (in French). Rabat: Royaume du Maroc, Ministère de la culture. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014.
3. "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
4. The State of African Cities 2014. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 10 September 2015. ISBN   978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014.
5. Hsain Ilahiane (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-6490-0.
6. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279. Rabat-Sale
7. "INAU". Archived from the original on 16 October 2014.
8. "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network . Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich . Retrieved 30 October 2014.
9. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division. 1997. pp. 262–321.
10. "Morocco Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
11. "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations

Bibliography

in English

• Janet L. Abu-Lughod (1980). Rabat: Urban Apartheid in Morocco. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-1-4008-5303-8.
• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Rabat, Egypt". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN   0415234794.
• Jamila Bargach (2008). "Rabat". In Yasser Elsheshtawy (ed.). The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-134-12821-1.

in French

• Maurice de Périgny [in French] (1919). Au Maroc; Casablanca-Rabat-Meknes (in French). Paris P. Roger.
• Sylviane Munoz (1981). "Les structures démographiques d'une capitale coloniale: la population de Rabat en 1952". Cahiers de la Méditerranée (in French). 23: 23–70. doi:10.3406/camed.1981.928 – via Persee.fr.
• Safaa Monqid (2009). "Les morisques et l'édification de la ville de Rabat" [Moors and the building of the city of Rabat]. Cahiers de la Méditerranée (in French). 79– via Revues.org.
• Sonia Serhir (2017). "Hay Ryad à Rabat: de la ville nouvelle au quartier?". Cahiers d'EMAM (in French). 29 (29). doi: 10.4000/emam.1376 – via Revues.org. (About Hay Ryad  [ fr ] quarter)

External links

• "(Rabat)" – via Qatar National Library, Qatar Digital Library. (Images, etc.)
• "(Rabat)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
• "(Rabat)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
• "(Rabat)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
• "(Rabat)". AfricaBib.org . (Bibliography)
• Christian Zimmermann (ed.). "(Rabat)". Research Papers in Economics . US: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (Bibliography)
• "(Rabat)". Directory of Open Access Journals . UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
• "Rabat, Morocco". BlackPast.org . US. 24 February 2015.
• "Morocco: Rabat". Archnet. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.

Images

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  Moulay-Hassan Bridge, Rabat, opened in 1957
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  Satellite view of Rabat, 2005
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  View of Rabat from space, 2010

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