Guelmim Explained

Guelmim
Native Name:


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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Morocco
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Morocco
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Guelmim-Oued Noun
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Guelmim
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:118318
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Coordinates:28.9833°N -14°W

Guelmim (Arabic: كلميم|kulmīm, ڭلميم|gulmīm, گليميم|gleymīm, ⴳⵯⴻⵍⵎⵉⵎ|gʷelmim; also spelled in European sources: Glaimim, Goulimine or Guelmin) is a city in southern Morocco, often called Gateway to the Desert. It is the capital of the Guelmim-Assif Noun region which includes southern Morocco (south of the Souss-Massa region) and the northeastern corner of Western Sahara. The population of the city was 187,808 as of the 2014 Moroccan census,[1] making it the largest city in the region. The N1 and N12 highways cross at Guelmim and link it to the nearby region of Souss-Massa.

Guelmim is located just north of Asrir, which was the site of an important trade-route city and the capital of the Saharan Berber tribes. It is home to a camel market. Most of the inhabitants speak either the Tachelhit language or the Hassaniya dialect of Sahrawi Arabs, as it is part of the Sahrawi-inhabited southern region of Morocco.

Climate

Guelmim has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D’APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014 . ar, fr . . 8 April 2015 . 29 September 2017.