Region
Souss-Massa
History
The land of argan trees, between the High Atlas, the Anti-Atlas and the Atlantic. Taroudant was a Saadian capital, Tiznit a silver town, and Agadir rose again from the 1960 earthquake.
Key dates
1541
The Saadians take Agadir back from the Portuguese.
1960
An earthquake destroys Agadir on 29 February; the city is rebuilt further south.
