Ahouli Explained

Official Name:	Ahouli
Subdivision Type:	Country
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Subdivision Name:	Morocco
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Drâa-Tafilalet
Subdivision Type2:	Province
Coordinates:	32.8386°N -4.5756°W
Settlement Type:	Abanonded mining village
Pushpin Map:	Morocco
Subdivision Name2:	Midelt Province

Ahouli (or Aouli) is an abandoned mining village in central Morocco. Once one of the most important lead deposits in Morocco,^{[1] [2] [3]} the nearby Ahouli and Mibladen mines are now abandoned. It is located on a valley along upper Moulouya river, about 25 kilometers north from Midelt.^[4] For more than ten years, thousands of illegal miners risked their lives in its galleries daily.^{[5] [6]}

The French company Penarroya operated the sites from 1928 to the 1960s,^{[7] [8] [9]} employing hundreds of Moroccan workers^{[10] [11] [12]} and producing tens of thousands of tons of lead annually, most of which was exported to France.^{[13] [14]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Bulletin économique et social du Maroc. 1956. Société d'études économiques, sociales, et statistiques. fr.
2. Book: Mines, United States Bureau of. Materials Survey: Lead, 1950. 1951. U.S. Government Printing Office. en.
3. Book: Rausch. Donald O.. AIME World Symposium on Mining & Metallurgy of Lead & Zinc: Mining and concentrating of lead and zinc, edited by D. O. Rausch and B. C. Mariacher. Cotterill. Carl Hayden. 1970. American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers. en.
4. Book: Ellingham, Mark. The Rough Guide to Morocco. 2001. Rough Guides. 978-1-85828-601-3. en.
5. Book: Honnor, Julius. Morocco Footprint Handbook. 2012-08-21. Footprint Travel Guides. 978-1-907263-31-6. en.
6. Web site: 2015-06-11. VIDÉO - Les mineurs clandestins d'Ahouli, au Maroc. 2021-12-29. Le HuffPost. fr.
7. Book: Boahen, Albert Adu. L'Afrique sous domination coloniale, 1880-1935. 1987. UNESCO. 978-92-3-201713-0. fr.
8. Book: Gallissot, René. Le patronat européen au Maroc: action sociale, action politique, 1931-1942. 1964. Éditions techniques nord-africaines. fr.
9. Book: Foreign Minerals Quarterly: A Regional Review of Foreign Mineral Resources, Production, and Trade. 1938. The Branch. en.
10. Book: Unions, World Federation of Trade. Trade Union Press: International Bulletin of the Trade Union and Working Class Press. 1967. en.
11. Book: Aouchar, Amina. Colonisation et campagne berbère au Maroc. 2002. Afrique Orient. 978-9981-25-233-2. fr.
12. Book: Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens. October 1971. fr.
13. Book: Mines, United States Bureau of. Mineral Trade Notes. 1955. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines.. en.
14. Book: Rausch. Donald O.. AIME World Symposium on Mining & Metallurgy of Lead & Zinc: Mining and concentrating of lead and zinc, edited by D. O. Rausch and B. C. Mariacher. Cotterill. Carl Hayden. 1970. American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers. en.