Laaounate is a small town and
rural commune in
Sidi Bennour Province
Sidi Bennour Province () is a province of Morocco in the Casablanca-Settat
Casablanca-Settat ( ar, الدار البيضاء - سطات, ad-dār al-bayḍāʾ - siṭṭāt; ber, ⴰⵏⴼⴰ - ⵙⵟⵟⴰⵜ, anfa - sṭṭat) is one of the ...
of the
Casablanca-Settat 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 t ...
. At the time of the
2004 census, the commune had a total population of 18,258 people living in 3188 households.
Notable people
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Abdelaziz Stati
Abdelaziz al-'Arbaoui (), commonly known as Stati (), is a Moroccan singer born in Laaounate, Sidi Bennour Province in 1961. His name "Stati" comes from the fact that he has a sixth finger on his left hand.
Mawazine stampede
A stampede broke ...
, Moroccan Chaabi singer
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Hicham Aboucherouane
Hicham Aboucherouane ( ar, هشام بوشروان; born 2 April 1981) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a winger.
He began his career 1997 with Najm El Aounat, 1999 was transferred to Raja Casablanca. He was loaned out ...
, Former international footballer
References
Populated places in Sidi Bennour Province
Rural communes of Casablanca-Settat
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