El Aioun Sidi Mellouk or El Aioun is a city in
Taourirt Province,
Oriental,
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 ...
. It is located along
National Route 6, northeast of
Taourirt and southwest of
Oujda.
According to the 2004 census, it has a population of 34,767.
It contains several schools including Lycee Ezzayotune, Ecole Mohamed Belkhayyat and Ecole Route de Jirada in the southeast of the town.
College Sidi Makhoukh is located to the northeast, opposite the souk. It also has a hospital, Centre de Sante.
References
Populated places in Taourirt Province
Municipalities of Morocco
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