Tafraout, also Tafraoute ( ar, تافراوت,
Shilha ber, ⵜⴰⴼⵔⴰⵡⵜ) is a town in
Tiznit Province,
Souss-Massa
Souss-Massa ( ar, سوس ماسة, sūs māssa; ber, ⵙⵓⵙ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰ, sus massa) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 51,642 km² and had a population of 2,676,847 as of the 2014 Moroccan census. The cap ...
region,
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 to A ...
, in the central part of the
Anti-Atlas
The Anti-Atlas ( ar, الأطلس الصغير, shi, Aṭlas Mẓẓiyn), also known as Lesser Atlas or Little Atlas is a mountain range in Morocco, a part of the Atlas Mountains in the northwest of Africa. The Anti-Atlas extends from the Atlanti ...
mountains. It had a population of 4,931 at the 2004 census.
Name and etymology
The basic meaning of the
Shilha feminine noun ''tafrawt'' is "basin or cistern in which water drawn from a well is poured", with a derived meaning "valley". The centre of the town of Tafraout is actually situated in a small valley, at the foot of
Djebel Lekest
The Djebel Lkest ( Tashelhit: ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵍⴽⵙⵜ Adrar n Lkst; Arabic: جبل لكست) is a mountain in the Anti-Atlas. Its summit Afa n Tmzgadiwin rises to 2,359 meters above sea level,''In French'« Jbel Lkest : Un géant de l’ ...
, a pink granite mountain formed by erosion.
A male inhabitant is called in Shilha "''u Tfrawt''", (plural "''ayt Tfrawt''"); a female inhabitant is "''ult Tfrawt''", (plural "''ist Tfrawt''").
[''Tfrawt'' is the annexed state of the noun ''Tafrawt''; see the article ]Shilha language
, now more usually known as Tashelhit , is a Berber language spoken in southwestern Morocco. The endonym is , and in recent English publications the name of the language is often rendered ''Tashelhit'', ''Tashelhiyt'' or ''Tashlhiyt''. In Morocc ...
, section Prefixed nouns.
See also
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Tughrassen
Tughrassen is a small village located 17 km south of Tafraout in the Anti-Atlas mountain range in Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overl ...
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Populated places in Tiznit Province
Municipalities of Morocco
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