Timahdite is a town in
Ifrane Province,
Fès-Meknès,
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 ...
. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 2507.
Located at an altitude of 1800 metres, it lies in the heart of Middle
Atlas Mountains
The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. It separates the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range. It stretches around through Moroc ...
, in an area with a harsh climate.
The local breed of
Timahdite sheep is one of the major Moroccan sheep breeds.
Geography
Timahdite is located 30 kilometres south of the city of
Azrou on the
N13 national road commonly used by people crossing the massif of the Middle Atlas and High Atlas to reach
Errachidia and the
Sahara Desert. Five kilometres north of the city is the ski resort of
Ifrane
Ifrane ( Berber: ⵉⴼⵔⴰⵏ; ar, إفران) is a city in the Middle Atlas region of northern Morocco (population 14,659 as of November 2014). The capital of Ifrane Province in the region of Fès-Meknès, Ifrane is located at an elevation of ...
. The
Sebou River, the second longest river in Morocco, has its source not far from the town in a river upstream known as the Wadi Guigou and is fed from melting snow and from springs. Twenty kilometres south of the town is
Lake Aguelmame Sidi Ali within
Khénifra Province
Khénifra is a province in the Moroccan region of Béni Mellal-Khénifra. was 511,53
The major cities and towns are* Aguelmous
* Aït Ishaq
* Amalou Ighriben
* El Kbab
* Had Bouhssoussen
* Kehf Nsour
* Kerrouchen
* Khenifra
* Moulay Bouaz ...
at an altitude of 2100 metres. Timahdite has a very cold climate with some of the lowest temperatures in Africa. Significant snowfall in winter months often makes the N13 road in this region impassable for weeks. The surrounding mountains keep their snow until May.
References
Populated places in Ifrane Province
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