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Oujda
وجدة | |
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  Oujda Location of Oujda in Morocco  Oujda Oujda (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 34°41′12″N 01°54′41″W / 34.68667°N 1.91139°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Oriental |
| Modern city | 994 |
| Area | |
• Total | 96.4 km2 (37.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 720,618 |
| • Rank | 8th in Morocco |
| • Density | 7,500/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Oujda (Arabic: وجدة, romanized: wajda, pronounced [ˈwa(d)ʒda]) is a major city in northeast Morocco near the border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco and has a population of 720,618 people (2022 census). It is located about 15 kilometres (9 miles) west of the Moroccan-Algerian border in the south of the Beni Znassen Mountains and about 55 km (34 miles) south of the Mediterranean Sea coast.
- ^ "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" [LEGAL POPULATION OF REGIONS, PROVINCES, PREFECTURES, MUNICIPALITIES, DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITIES OF THE KINGDOM BASED ON THE RESULTS OF RGPH 2014] (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.