Akka,_Morocco

Akka, Morocco

Akka, Morocco

Town in Souss-Massa, Morocco

Akka (Berber languages: ⴰⵇⵇⴰ, Arabic: أقّا, romanized: aqqa) is a town in Tata Province, Souss-Massa, Morocco. According to the 2004 census it had a population of 7,102.[1] It contains old buildings such as the Mohaddin (locally known as Lalla Baitollah) building in Kasabat-sidi Abdellah Ben M'Bark.

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Akka may be the same as Vakka where, according to some traditions, the first Jews who migrated to Morocco settled.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "World Gazetteer".[dead link]
  2. [2]
    Nabil Boudraa; Joseph Krause, eds. (26 March 2009). North African Mosaic: A Cultural Reappraisal of Ethnic and Religious Minorities. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 166. ISBN 9781443807685.

29°23′27″N 8°15′23″W

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