{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Sidi Zouine | native_name = {{unbulleted list |{{native name|ar|سيدي الزوين}} |{{native name|ber|]ⵙⵉⴷⵉ ⵡⵧⵓⵉⵏⴻ}} }} | map_caption = map of Marrakesh | pushpin_map = Morocco#Africa | pushpin_mapsize = Location of Sidi Zouine within Morocco | coordinates = {{coord|31|40|14|N|8|21|03|W}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Morocco}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_type2 = Prefecture | subdivision_name1 = Marrakech-safi | subdivision_name2 = Marrakech | parts_type = Rural commune | established_title = Established | established_date = 1825 | image_skyline = SIdi Zouine.jpg | image_caption = Sidi Zouine School for preservation of the Holy Quran science and the history. | settlement_type = Rural commune and town | population_total = 10,067 | founder = Sheikh Mohammed bin Ali }}
'''Sid Zouine''' (in Arabic: سيدي الزوين) is the urban center of the rural commune of '''Sid Zouine''' of the prefecture of Marrakech, in the Marrakech-Saf<nowiki/>i region, Morocco.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-14 |title=Sidi Zouine: A la recherche d’un peu de baraka |url=https://www.leconomiste.com/article/1007173-sidi-zouine-la-recherche-d-un-peu-de-baraka |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=L'Economiste |language=fr}}</ref>
== History == '''Sidi Zouine''' is a rural commune named "''Sidi Zouine''" after Sheikh Mohammed bin Ali (nicknamed "Balzuin") founder of the antique school in 1245 Hijri 1825 AD. The school received attention under the late King Hassan II and was known for his reforms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=سيدي الزوين .. التاريخ والأمل |url=https://www.maghress.com/andaluspress/118750 |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=مغرس}}</ref> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expanded its facilities to accommodate students from all over the Kingdom who wish to preserve the Quran and its information. Given the geographical proximity of the city of Marrakech, '''Sidi Zouin''' is like "''Manama''" in which the inhabitants work in Marrakech by day and settle in at night, where it has become a strategic location for the stability of Marrakesh citizens.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-21 |title=سيدي الزوين .. ذاكرة تأبى النسيان ومستقبل يتطلع للأفضل |url=https://www.mamlakapress.com/amp/سيدي-الزوين-ذاكرة-تأبى-النسيان-ومستقب/ |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=مملكة بريس اخبار المغرب |language=ar}}</ref>
=== Sidi Zouine School === Sidi Zouine School was established under the reign of Sultan Hassan I.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2018-06-03 |title=مدرسة سيدي الزوين .. معلمة دينية عتيقة تصافح "يد الإصلاح" |url=https://www.hespress.com/مدرسة-سيدي-الزوين-معلمة-دينية-عتيقة-ت-431570.html |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية |language=ar}}</ref> It is one of the few schools in the Muslim world studying the readings of the 7th and 10th Quran.<ref name=":0" />
School graduates have become mosque imams in Morocco, other places in Africa, and Europe.<ref name=":0" />
== Demographics == The population of Sidi Zouine increased from 8,023 inhabitants in 1994 to 10,067 in 2004 (years of the last censuses).<ref>{{Cite web |first= |date=January 28, 2019 |title=Les Trésors Cachés De Sidi Zouine |url=https://highatlasfoundation.org/les-tresors-caches-de-sidi-zouine |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=January 28, 2019 |website=Highatlasfoundation.org}}</ref>
== See also ==
* Chichaoua * Imintanut * Sid L Mukhtar
== References == {{Reflist}}
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