Bni Drar or Ait Idrār (
Berber: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵉⴷⵔⴰⵔ, which means ''Children of the mountains'') is a municipality in the
Oujda-Angad prefecture in Bni
Iznasen
Iznasen (Iznassen, Iznacen) is a Berber language, one of the Zenati languages. It is spoken in the extreme northeast of Morocco, in a speech area near the Berber languages of western Algeria
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region in the
Oriental Region of
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 country's 2004 census, Bni Drar's population was recorded as 8,919, making it the second largest settlement in the prefecture after the city of
Oujda. In 1994 its population was 6663 and it is estimated in 2012 that its population is 11,083.
It lies on the N2 highway 20 km to the northwest of the regional capital,
Oujda, and 17 km southeast of
Ahfir
Ahfir (, ) is a town in Berkane Province, Oriental, Morocco, adjacent the border with Algeria. According to the 2004 census, it has a population of 19,482. The name Ahfir refers to the stone quarry which was exploited in this village founded by H ...
. It is near the closed border with
Algeria
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The town has a school and a lycée, a market, a hospital, a woman's club and a cemetery.
References
External links
''Nador Rif News'' شبكة أخبار الناظور و الريف أريفينو.نت, www.ariffino.net
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Populated places in Oriental (Morocco)