Bouizakarne Explained

Official Name:Bouizakarne
Native Name:ⴱⵓⵢⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ
Name Arabic:بويزكارن
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Morocco
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Bouizakarne in Morocco
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Morocco
Subdivision Name1:Guelmim-Oued Noun
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Guelmim
Population As Of:2014
Population Total:14228
Utc Offset:+0
Timezone Dst:WEST
Utc Offset Dst:+1
Coordinates:29.1667°N -9.7333°W
Elevation M:623
Postal Code:81050

Bouizakarne ((Berber/Tifinagh script): ⴱⵓⵢⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ, Arabic: بو يزكارن) is a town in the Guelmim Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun in southern Morocco. In the 2014 census, it had a population of 14,228, the fifth-largest in the region and second-highest in the province after the regional capital Guelmim.[1]

The city name is composed of two Berber (Tashelhit) words, bou/bu/ⴱⵓ meaning "owner of", and izakarne/izakarn/ⵉⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ plural of izikr/ⵉⵣⵉⴽⵔ meaning "cord".

The town's surrounding Anti-Atlas mountains are covered with argan trees.

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Gazetteer. https://archive.today/20130105065005/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1248939460&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-6453&srt=npan&col=adhoq&msz=1500. dead. January 5, 2013.