Assa ( ar, آسا) is a small town in southern
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
, in the
Assa-Zag Assa-Zag is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Guelmim-Oued Noun. Its population in 2004 was 43,535
The major cities and towns are* Assa
Assa may refer to: Places
* Assa (Chalcidice), a town of Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia, Greece
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province of the
Guelmim-Oued Noun region, about south-east of
Guelmim and about south-west of
Foum Zguid
Foum Zguid ( ar, فم زڭيد, lit=mouth of the Zguid river) is a town in Tata Province, Souss-Massa, southeastern Morocco. According to a 2004 census, it had a population of 9,630, the second-highest in the province after the capital Tata.
Foum ...
. It lies in a desert area north of the Jbel Ouarkziz and is part of the
Sahrawi-inhabited southern region of Morocco. The
Draa River
:''Dra is also the abbreviation for the constellation Draco.''
The Draa ( ber, Asif en Dra, ⴰⵙⵉⴼ ⴻⵏ ⴷⵔⴰ, ary, واد درعة, wad dərʿa; also spelled Dra or Drâa, in older sources mostly Darha or Dara) is Morocco's longest ...
lies to its south, and the N12 highway crosses the town.
In the 2012 census Assa had a population of 18,367, the largest in its province and sixth largest in the region.
References
Populated places in Guelmim-Oued Noun
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Assa, Morocco
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