Ait Ourir is a town and municipality in
Al Haouz Province
Al Haouz ( ar, إقليم الحوز) is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Marrakesh-Safi. Its population in 2004 was 484,312.
The major cities and towns are:
* Ait Ourir
* Amizmiz
* Ghmate
* Lalla Takarkoust
* My Brahim
* Sidi ...
,
Marrakesh-Safi
Marrakesh-Safi or Marrakech-Asfi ( ar, مراكش آسفي, murrākuš āsafi; ( ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⴰⵙⴼⵉ, mṙṙakš asfi) is one of the ten Regions of Morocco. ,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
. At the time of the
2004 census, the commune had a total population of 20,005 people living in 3767 households.
The town lies on the northern bank of the
Ourika River
Ourika River ( ar, نهر أوريكا) (french: Oued Ourika) is a river in Morocco, at . It rises in the High Atlas and flows through the Ourika Valley, 30 km from Marrakech.
Natural history
A number of interesting plants have been recorded ...
, by road to the northwest of
Tighedouine and east of the city centre of
Marrakesh.
Landmarks
The town, described by
Footprint Travel Guides
Footprint Travel Guides is the imprint of Footprint Handbooks Ltd, a publisher of guidebooks based in Bath in the United Kingdom. Particularly noted for their coverage of Latin America, their ''South American Handbook'', first published in 1924, ...
as "rather undistinguished",
contains a number of important buildings, a hospital, cemetery and several schools such as College Moulay Rachid and Ecole Riyad. The souk of Ait Ourir is of importance to trade in Al Haouz province, with a large market trading agricultural produce, camels, sheep and other items here. A shop at the souk sells
tagines cooked over
kanounes (cauldrons).
Glaoui
Thami El Glaoui ( ar, التهامي الكلاوي; 1879–23 January 1956) was the Pasha of Marrakesh from 1912 to 1956. His family name was el Mezouari, from a title given an ancestor by Ismail Ibn Sharif in 1700, while El Glaoui refers to his ...
appears to be an ancient village in the area to the southeast of the town which has effectively become a suburb which contains a kasbah and a mosque.
To the southeast is the
Ait Ourir Forest.
Quartz
Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica ( silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon-oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical ...
is mined within the municipality.
There are eucalyptus and olive plantations in the area.
Notable people
*
Abdelaziz Lemsioui (1944-) - Deputy of Commune from 1984 to 1992 and Regional Councillor of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz from 1996 to 2000.
*
Abdelkebir Ouaddar
Abdelkebir Ouaddar ( ar, عبد الكبير ودار, born 15 July 1962) is a Moroccan equestrian. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the individual jumping event, where he tied for 50th place. He was the flag-bearer for Morocco at th ...
, Equestrian
References
External links
Website
Populated places in Al Haouz Province
Municipalities of Morocco
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