Official Name: | Taznakht |
Native Name: | تازناخت |
Settlement Type: | Town in Morocco |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | Morocco |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Morocco |
Subdivision Name1: | Drâa-Tafilalet |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Ouarzazate Province |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2013 |
Population Total: | 9,149 (est.) |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Timezone Dst: | WEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 30.5773°N -7.2048°W |
Taznakht (Arabic: تازناخت) is a town in Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet region, southern Morocco, on the road from Ouarzazate to Agadir. It had an estimated population of 9,149 in 2013, growing from just 3,813 in 1994.[1] It should not be confused with Tazenakht, which is a village near Errachidia, also in southern Morocco, but more than 400 km further northeast.