Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Agadir is GeoNames ID 2561668. Its recorded administrative path is Agadir-Ida-ou-Tnan → Souss-Massa → Morocco, and GeoNames classifies the place as a first-order administrative seat. Agadir occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2026-04-14; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Population position inside fixed cohorts
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Agadir ranks 788 by recorded population. Inside the 9 selected Morocco entries it ranks 7; inside the 243 entries in its broad region it ranks 164. Its 698,310 population value is 0.70 times the 995,871 median for the country cohort and 0.77 times the 902,588 regional median. Agadir is rank 7 among the 9 selected Morocco entries, so a percentage band would overstate this small cohort. Agadir's recorded value is materially below the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Agadir's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Marrakech at 203.496 km with 995,871 recorded people; Casablanca at 398.97 km with 3,665,954 recorded people; Rabat at 476.721 km with 1,655,753 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 273.225 km. Compared with Marrakech, Agadir's recorded population is 0.70 times as large. Against Agadir, Marrakech follows Marrakech → Marrakesh-Safi → Morocco in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Morocco cohort, uses the shared Africa/Casablanca identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Agadir's. Against Agadir, Casablanca follows Casablanca → Casablanca-Settat → Morocco in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Morocco cohort, uses the shared Africa/Casablanca identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Agadir's. Against Agadir, Rabat follows Rabat → Rabat-Sale-Kenitra → Morocco in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Morocco cohort, uses the shared Africa/Casablanca identifier, and carries capital of a political entity rather than first-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Agadir's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 1,008 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Agadir's nearest-coordinate gap belongs to the wider half of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 2561668, the coordinate pair 30.4202 / 9.5982, country rank 7 of 9, and neighbor GeoNames 2542997 at 203.496 km bind Agadir to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts
Agadir's reference point is 30.4202° north and 9.5982° west. The IANA identifier Africa/Casablanca is shared by 9 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA is shared by 429 rows. Agadir's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Agadir's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Agadir's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Agadir, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
- Record keys
- Agadir · GeoNames 2561668 · Q170525
- Name scope
- Agadir · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Agadir-Ida-ou-Tnan · Souss-Massa · Morocco
- Coordinate signature
- 30.4202° N · 9.5982° W
- Population snapshot
- 698,310 · atlas rank 788 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- Morocco rank 7 of 9 · median 995,871 · ratio 0.70×
- Regional comparison
- Africa and the Middle East rank 164 of 243 · median 902,588 · ratio 0.77×
- Time-zone cohort
- Africa/Casablanca · 9 of 1,206 atlas rows
- Place-class cohort
- PPLA first-order administrative seat · 429 of 1,206 rows
- Elevation field
- Agadir · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Marrakech · 203.496 km · population 995,871 · atlas rank 556
- Second reference
- Casablanca · 398.97 km · population 3,665,954 · atlas rank 95
- Third reference
- Rabat · 476.721 km · population 1,655,753 · atlas rank 271
- Neighbour geometry
- Agadir · nearest-distance rank 1,008 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 273.225 km
- Source dates
- Agadir row updated 2026-04-14 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04