Agdz should not be confused with Agadez.
Official Name: | Agdz / Agdez |
Other Name: | ⴰⴳⴷⵣ / أگدز |
Pushpin Map: | Morocco#Africa |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Morocco |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Morocco |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Drâa-Tafilalet |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 30.6978°N -6.4497°W |
Agdz, also spelled Agdez (Berber languages: ⴰⴳⴷⵣ, Arabic: أگدز) is a Moroccan town in the Drâa-Tafilalet region, in the Atlas Mountains with a population of about 10,000. It is located at around 30.6978°N -6.4497°W. Agdz lies at the feet of Djebel Kissane and along the shores of the Draa River.
Agdz is located about 65 kilometers south of Ouarzazate, 92 kilometers north of Zagora. Agdz, which means "resting place," is located along the old caravan route linking Marrakech to Timbuktu, and played an important role in the exchange of goods across the Sahara.
In geographic terms, the most predominant feature of Agdz is Jebel Kissane which is in the middle of the Draa Valley to the east of Agdz. Kissane means "glasses" in Arabic and the jebel is so named because it looks like glasses of tea behind a tea pot.
The years of 1970 and 1980 were hard on the agricultural sector due to droughts.