Bni Drar Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2004. Youssef. Maaroufi. 2012-05-29. 2018-06-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180619163929/https://www.hcp.ma/Recensement-general-de-la-population-et-de-l-habitat-2004_a633.html. dead.
  2. Web site: gazetteer.de. gazetteer.de.
  3. Web site: Google Maps. Google Maps.