Bni Drar | |
Other Name: | Ait Idrār |
Native Name: | ⴰⵢⵜ ⵉⴷⵔⴰⵔ |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Morocco#Africa |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Morocco |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Morocco |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Oriental |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Oujda-Angad |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 8919 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | WET |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Timezone Dst: | WEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 34.8578°N -1.9928°W |
Elevation M: | 475 |
Bni Drar or Ait Idrār (Berber: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵉⴷⵔⴰⵔ, which means Children of the mountains) is a municipality in the Oujda-Angad prefecture in Bni Iznasen region in the Oriental Region of Morocco. In the country's 2004 census, Bni Drar's population was recorded as 8,919, making it the second largest settlement in the prefecture after the city of Oujda.[1] In 1994 its population was 6663 and it is estimated in 2012 that its population is 11,083.[2]
It lies on the N2 highway 20 km to the northwest of the regional capital, Oujda, and 17 km southeast of Ahfir. It is near the closed border with Algeria.
The town has a school and a lycée, a market, a hospital, a woman's club and a cemetery.[3]