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Bouizakarne

Bouizakarne
ⴱⵓⵢⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ
Town
City Center of Bouizakarne
City Center of Bouizakarne
Bouizakarne is located in Morocco
Bouizakarne
Bouizakarne
Location of Bouizakarne in Morocco
Coordinates: 29°10′00″N 9°44′00″W / 29.1667°N 9.73333°W / 29.1667; -9.73333
Country Morocco
RegionGuelmim-Oued Noun
ProvinceGuelmim
Elevation
623 m (2,044 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
14,228
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (WEST)

Bouizakarne ((Berber/Tifinagh script): ⴱⵓⵢⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ, Arabic: بو يزكارن) is a town in the Guelmim Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun, in southern Morocco. In the 2014 census, it had a population of 14,228, the fifth-largest in the region and second-highest in the province after the regional capital Guelmim.[1]

The city name is composed of two Berber (Tashelhit) words, bou/bu/ⴱⵓ, meaning 'owner of', and izakarne/izakarn/ⵉⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ, plural of izikr/ⵉⵣⵉⴽⵔ, meaning 'cord'.

The town's surrounding Anti-Atlas mountains are covered with argan trees.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on January 5, 2013.