Tata (, ) is a city in central

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 ...

with a population of 18,611 according to the country's 2014 census. It is the largest city in

Tata Province Tata () is a province in the Morocco, Moroccan economic region of Souss-Massa. Its population in 2004 was 121,618. The major cities and towns are: * Akka, Morocco, Akka * Fam El Hisn * Foum Zguid * Tata, Morocco, Tata Subdivisions The province ...

.2004 Morocco Population Census
/ref> It is situated on a desert plain of the

Sahara Desert The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ...

, southeast of

Agadir Agadir (, ; ) is a major List of cities in Morocco, city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Sous River, Souss River flows into the ocean, and south of Casabla ...

and

Taroudant Taroudant (, ) is a city in the Sous in southwestern Morocco. It is situated east of Agadir on the road to Ouarzazate and south of Marrakesh. Today, it is a small market town and a tourist destination. History The Almoravids occupied the town ...

, close to the

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

n border and the mountain range Anti-Atlas, located at the foot of the Bani mountain range, a lower range along the southern side of the Anti-Atlas (). Tourists use the town as a base for excursions in the area. Tata lies on the N12 highway between the north-east of the regional capital

Guelmim Guelmim is a city in southern Morocco, often called ''Gateway to the Desert''. It is the capital of the Guelmim-Oued Noun region which includes southern Morocco (south of the Souss-Massa region) and the northeastern corner of Western Sahara. The p ...

and the south of the neighboring region of

Drâa-Tafilalet Drâa-Tafilalet () is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 88,836 km2 and had a population of 1,635,008 as of the 2014 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Errachidia. Geography Drâa-Tafilalet is situated i ...

. Due to the remoteness of the area, there is no border crossing with Algeria.

References

* Populated places in Tata Province Tata, Morocco {{SoussMassa-geo-stub