Ighil () is a small town and
rural commune in
Al Haouz Province
Al Haouz () is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Marrakesh-Safi
Marrakesh-Safi () is one of the twelve regions of Morocco.[Marrakesh-Safi
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Its popul ...
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Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
. At the time of the
2004 census, the commune had a total population of 5619 people living in 858 households.
History
The municipality of Ighil was created in 1992.
On 8 September 2023, Ighil was the epicenter of the
2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake
On 8 September 2023 at 23:11 Daylight saving time in Morocco, DST (22:11 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC), an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent'') struck Morocco's Al Haouz Province. The ear ...
.
References
Populated places in Al Haouz Province
Rural communes of Marrakesh-Safi
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