Zag (pronounced Ezzag) (Arabic: الزاك (''az-Zāq'')), is a 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 * ...

province of the

Guelmim-Oued Noun Guelmim-Oued Noun ( ar, ڭلميم-وادي نون, gulmīm wādī nūn; ber, ⴳⵓⵍⵎⵉⵎ ⴰⵙⵉⴼ ⵏⵓⵏ, gulmim asif nun) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. The southeastern part of the region is located in the disputed ...

region. It lies to the south of the town of

Assa Assa may refer to: Places * Assa (Chalcidice), a town of Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia, Greece * Assa, Morocco, a town in Southern Morocco in the Jbel Ouarkziz * Asa River (Kazakhstan), river in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan * Assa (river), river ...

and is the last settlement on the road south from there until

Western Sahara Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the r ...

. According to the 2004 census Zag had a population of 7,751, the second-highest in the province behind Assa and the eighth-highest in the region.

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{{GuelmimOuedNoun-geo-stub Populated places in Guelmim-Oued Noun