Arazan Explained
| Arazan |
| Native Name: | ⴰⵔⴰⵣⴰⵏ |
| Other Name: | أَرَزَانْ |
| Settlement Type: | Rural commune and town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Morocco |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Suss-Massa |
| Subdivision Name2: | Taroudant Province |
| Population Total: | 7999 |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Timezone Dst: | WEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Arazan (Arabic: ارزان) is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa region of Morocco. At the time of the 2014 census, the commune had a total population of 7999 people living in 1422 households.[1]
The town was home to a significant population of Berber Jews until their departure to Israel in the mid-1960s.[2] [3] [4] A synagogue preserved by the local inhabitants was restored in 2010 by Jewish philanthropist Peter Geffen and Jewish-Moroccan tour guide Raphael David Elmaleh. [5] [6]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2004 . Haut-commissariat au Plan, Lavieeco.com . 15 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724191316/http://www.lavieeco.com/documents_officiels/Recensement%20population.pdf . 24 July 2012 .
- Book: Hoffman, Katherine E. . We Share Walls: Language, Land, and Gender in Berber Morocco . 2008-04-15 . John Wiley & Sons . 978-0-470-69333-9 . en.
- Book: Zack, Joel A. . The Synagogues of Morocco: An Architectural and Preservation Survey . 1995 . Jewish Heritage Council . en.
- Book: Stiefel, Barry L. . Jews and the Renaissance of Synagogue Architecture, 1450–1730 . 2015-10-06 . Routledge . 978-1-317-32032-6 . en.
- Web site: Gold . Rick . Restored Synagogues . Visiting Jewish Morocco . moroccanjews.org . 3 June 2024.
- Web site: Synagogue at Arazane, Morocco Archive Diarna.org . 2022-03-20 . archive.diarna.org.
