Tamasna (Berber language, Berber: Tamesna, ⵜⴰⵎⵙⵏⴰ, Arabic: تامسنا) is a historical region between Bou Regreg and Tensift River, Tensift in Morocco. It includes the modern regions of Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia, Doukkala-Abda, Doukkala, Abda, Marrakesh Province, Rhamna, El Kelâa des Sraghna Province, Sraghna and Chiadma. The indigenous population is that of Barghwata who were driven by the Almohad Caliphate, Almohads who installed the Bedouin Arabs.
[S. Lévy, ''Pour une histoire linguistique du Maroc'', dans ''Peuplement et arabisation au Maghreb occidental: dialectologie et histoire'', 1998, pp.11-26 ()][cf. Marçais, Les Arabes en Berbérie,
p. 523 sq. et 532 sq.]
Regions of Morocco
Tribal composition
* Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia
* Doukkala
* Abda (Morocco), Abda
* Rahamna
* El Kelaa des Sraghna, Sraghna
* Chiadma
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Geography of Morocco
Natural regions of Africa
Arab world
Geography of North Africa