Bouizakarne

Bouizakarne

Bouizakarne

Town in Guelmim-Oued Noun, Morocco

Bouizakarne ((Berber/Tifinagh script): ⴱⵓⵢⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ, Arabic: بو يزكارن) is a town in the Guelmim Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun in southern Morocco. In the 2014 census, it had a population of 14,228, the fifth-largest in the region and second-highest in the province after the regional capital Guelmim.[1]

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The city name is composed of two Berber (Tashelhit) words, bou/bu/ⴱⵓ meaning "owner of", and izakarne/izakarn/ⵉⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ plural of izikr/ⵉⵣⵉⴽⵔ meaning "cord".

The town's surrounding Anti-Atlas mountains are covered with argan trees.

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References

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    "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on January 5, 2013.

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