Assa ( ar, آسا) is a small town in southern

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 ...

, in the Assa-Zag province of the

Guelmim-Oued Noun Guelmim-Oued Noun ( ar, ڭلميم-وادي نون, gulmīm wādī nūn; ber, ⴳⵓⵍⵎⵉⵎ ⴰⵙⵉⴼ ⵏⵓⵏ, gulmim asif nun) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. The southeastern part of the region is located in the disputed ...

region, about south-east of

Guelmim Guelmim (in ber, Agʷelmim, ⴰⴳⵯⵍⵎⵉⵎ, in ar, ڭلميم, 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-Oued N ...

and about south-west of

Foum Zguid Foum Zguid ( ar, فم زڭيد, lit=mouth of the Zguid river) is a town in Tata Province, Souss-Massa, southeastern Morocco. According to a 2004 census, it had a population of 9,630, the second-highest in the province after the capital Tata. Foum ...

. It lies in a desert area north of the Jbel Ouarkziz and is part of the Sahrawi-inhabited southern region of Morocco. The Draa River lies to its south, and the N12 highway crosses the town. In the 2012 census Assa had a population of 18,367, the largest in its province and sixth largest in the region. ImageSize = width:220 height:220 PlotArea = left:70 right:40 top:20 bottom:20 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify Colors = id:gray1 value:gray(0.9) DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:0 till:19001 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:2500 start:0 gridcolor:gray1 PlotData = bar:1994 color:gray1 width:1 from:0 till:8323 width:15 text:8'323 textcolor:red fontsize:8px bar:2004 color:gray1 width:1 from:0 till:12905 width:15 text:12'905 textcolor:red fontsize:8px bar:2009 color:gray1 width:1 from:0 till:16382 width:15 text:16'382 textcolor:red fontsize:8px bar:2012 color:gray1 width:1 from:0 till:18367 width:15 text:18'367 textcolor:red fontsize:8px

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Assa, Morocco Assa ( ar, آسا) is a small town in southern Morocco, in the Assa-Zag province of the Guelmim-Oued Noun region, about south-east of Guelmim and about south-west of Foum Zguid. It lies in a desert area north of the Jbel Ouarkziz and is part ...

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