Khouribga [1] ( Arabic: خريبكة ) is a city in Morocco , located in the region of Chavia-Wardiga .
| City | |
| Khuribga | |
|---|---|
| Arab. خريبكة | |
| A country |  Morocco |
| Region | Shavia Wardiga |
| History and Geography | |
| Square | |
| Center height | 786 m |
| Population | |
| Population | 175 737 people ( 2012 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | |
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History
In 1921, a large phosphate deposit was discovered in the vicinity of Khuribgi, which contributed to the rapid development of the city [2] .
Geographical position
The city center is located at an altitude of 786 meters above sea level [3] .
Demographics
City population by years [4] :
| 1971 | 1982 | 2004 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73 667 | 127 181 | 166 397 | 175 737 |
The Russian Community and the Russian Orthodox Church in Kuribg
In 1929, a church appeared in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity at the initiative of the Russian community in Kurrib, initiated by Archimandrite Barsanofy (Tolstukhin) , rector of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Rabat and the dean of the Russian churches in North Africa. The board of phosphate mines transferred an empty barracks to the temple. The consecration of the temple was made by Metropolitan Eulogius (St. George) who visited Kuribga in 1932.
The abbots here were:
Hieromonk Avraamy (Tereshkevich) from 1929 to 1937
Priest Mikhail Yaroslavtsev from 1937 to 1952
After Morocco gained independence in 1956, due to the departure of all Russians from Kurigba, the church was closed, the building of the wooden Russian church was preserved until the 80s of the 20th century, eyewitnesses from Soviet citizens who visited these places saw it empty. The archive of the Russian Trade Representation in Rabat contains a photograph of a group of specialists from the USSR who worked at a phosphate plant in Kurrib, where a wooden Russian church is visible behind them [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: Geographic Names / Ed. A.F. Treshnikov . - 2nd ed., Ext. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1989. - S. 531. - 210 000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .
- ↑ Khouribga . Date of treatment July 8, 2012. Archived on October 7, 2012.
- ↑ Khouribga, Morocco Page . Date of treatment July 8, 2012. Archived on October 7, 2012.
- ↑ Khouribga . World Gazetteer. Date of treatment July 8, 2012. Archived on October 7, 2012.
- ↑ Kolupaev V.E. Russians in the Maghreb. Monograph. M .: Publishing house " Pashkov house ", 2009 . 415 p. ill. ISBN 978-5-7510-0435-4