Bouizakarne (
Tashlhit (Latin script): Bu-izakarn, (
Berber/Tifinagh script): ⴱⵓ-ⵉⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ,
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.
Bouizakarne lies at the junction of the N1 and N12 highways, with the N1 linking it to the nearby
Souss-Massa
Souss-Massa ( ar, سوس ماسة, sūs māssa; ber, ⵙⵓⵙ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰ, sus massa) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 51,642 km² and had a population of 2,676,847 as of the 2014 Moroccan census. The cap ...
region to the north and Guelmim to the southwest.
Since Bouizakarne is close to
Souss-Massa
Souss-Massa ( ar, سوس ماسة, sūs māssa; ber, ⵙⵓⵙ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰ, sus massa) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 51,642 km² and had a population of 2,676,847 as of the 2014 Moroccan census. The cap ...
region, the town's surrounding
Anti-Atlas
The Anti-Atlas ( ar, الأطلس الصغير, shi, Aṭlas Mẓẓiyn), also known as Lesser Atlas or Little Atlas is a mountain range in Morocco, a part of the Atlas Mountains in the northwest of Africa. The Anti-Atlas extends from the Atlanti ...
mountains are covered with
argan trees.
Notable people
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Driss Benzekri - Former international goalkeeper
References
Populated places in Guelmim Province
Municipalities of Morocco
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