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.