Sidi Kacem

Sidi Kacem ( _ar. سيدي قاسم) is a city in Morocco. It is located at around coord|34|13|0|N|5|42|0|W. Oil drilling exploration commenced in the vicinity of Sidi Kacem by the French in 1934; production of crude oil began locally in 1939. [British Petroleum Company, "Our Industry, Petroleum: A Handbook", Published 1977, 600 pages]

Slightly to the south of Sidi Kacem, in antiquity, Volubilis was an important Roman town near the westernmost border of the Roman Empire. It was built on the site of a previous Carthaginian settlement from the third century BC, if not earlier. [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14906 C.Michael Hogan, "Volubilis", Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham (2007)] ]

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