About Youssoufia
Youssoufia (in Arabic: اليوسفية) is a Moroccan town, the capital of the Youssoufia province, in the Doukkala-Abda region. It is located in the centre of Morocco, 60 km from Benguérir, 90 km east of Safi, 100 km from Marrakech and 230 km south of Casablanca. It has 65,000 inhabitants.
Youssoufia (in Arabic: اليوسفية) is a Moroccan town, the capital of the Youssoufia province, in the Doukkala-Abda region. It is located in central Morocco, 60 km from Benguérir, 90 km east of Safi, 100 km from Marrakech, and 230 km south of Casablanca. It has 65,000 inhabitants.
The Youssoufia Mining Centre constitutes an integrated complex equipped with all the necessary technical and social infrastructure to ensure the development of the deposit, the continuity of its exploitation, and the economic development of the region. The extraction potential is currently 1.4 million tonnes of dry, marketable ore, and the final processing potential is currently 7.3 million tonnes of dry, marketable ore per year. The town is also known for the quality of its gymnastics team, which has won several Moroccan championships. Following the phosphate workers' strikes of 1986 in Youssoufia, the state implemented a policy of total marginalisation of the town(..)
