Igli is a small town and
rural commune in
Taroudant Province
Taroudant is a province in the Moroccan region of Souss-Massa. Its population in 2004 was 780,661.
The major cities and towns are:
* Ait Iaaza
* Aoulouz
* El Guerdane
* Irherm
* Oulad Berhil
* Oulad Teima
* Taliouine
* Taroudant
Taroudant ...
of the
Souss-Massa-Drâa
Souss-Massa-Drâa (; ber, ⵙⵓⵙ ⵎⴰⵙⴰ ⴷⵔⴰ) was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It covered an area of 70,880 km² and had a population of 3,601,917 (2014 census). The capital is Agadir. One o ...
region of
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 ...
. At the time of the
2004 census, the commune had a total population of 10034 people living in 1658 households.
During the 9th-century, Igli was the capital of the
sous
The Sous region (also spelt Sus, Suss, Souss or Sousse) ( ar, سوس, sūs, shi, ⵙⵓⵙ, sus) is an area in mid-southern Morocco. Geologically, it is the alluvial basin of the Sous River (''Asif n Sus''), separated from the Sahara desert ...
vice-royalty headed by one of
Idriss II
Idris bin Idris ( ar, إدريس بن إدريس) known as Idris II ( ar, إدريس الثاني) (August 791 – August 828), was the son of Idris I, the founder of the Idrisid dynasty in Morocco. He was born in Walīlī two months after the de ...
sons, it controlled Nafis to the north and
Tamdoult
Tamdult (also Tamedoult, Tamdlt; ar, تامدولت; ) was a medieval city located near the Draa river south-east of Akka, Morocco. It was an important and flourishing stop in the Trans-Saharan trade route, linking Nul (Asrir) and Ouadane to ...
in the south. The principality quickly lost control over these cities to the lords of
Aghmat and
Sijilmasa.
References
Populated places in Taroudannt Province
Rural communes of Souss-Massa
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