Thar Es-Souk is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

Taounate Province Taounate () is a province in the Fès-Meknès region. It is situated in northern Morocco, north-east of Fes. It had a population of 668,232 in the 2004 Census. Largest towns *Taounate (32,380 inhabitants) * Bouhouda (26,124) * Tamedit (21,453) * M ...

of the

Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate () was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It was situated in northern Morocco. It covered an area of 24,155 km² and had a population of 1,807,036 (2014 census). The capital was Al Hoceima. I ...

administrative region of

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 3792 people living in 733 households.

Notable people

Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (; 28 February 1929 – 4 October 2000) was a Moroccan long-distance runner. He competed at the 1960 Olympics in the marathon and 10,000 meters events. He also ran in the International Cross Country Championships in 1958� ...

, Olympic silver medalist runner

References

Populated places in Taounate Province Rural communes of Fès-Meknès {{Morocco-geo-stub