Bni Drar or Ait Idrār (

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: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵉⴷⵔⴰⵔ, which means ''Children of the mountains'') is a municipality in the Oujda-Angad prefecture in Bni Iznasen region in the

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Region of

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. In the country's 2004 census, Bni Drar's population was recorded as 8,919, making it the second largest settlement in the prefecture after the city of

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. In 1994 its population was 6663 and it is estimated in 2012 that its population is 11,083. It lies on the N2 highway 20 km to the northwest of the regional capital,

, and 17 km southeast of Ahfir. It is near the closed border with

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. The town has a school and a lycée, a market, a hospital, a woman's club and a cemetery.

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External links

''Nador Rif News'' شبكة أخبار الناظور و الريف أريفينو.نت, www.ariffino.net
{{Oriental (Morocco) Populated places in Oriental (Morocco)