Arazan
Sign in to saveArazan (Arabic: ارزان) is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa region of Morocco. At the time of the 2014 census, the commune had a total population of 7999 people living in 1422 households.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Arazan
- Settlement.native_name
- ⴰⵔⴰⵣⴰⵏ
- Settlement.other_name
- أَرَزَانْ
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Rural commune and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Commune Arazane.jpg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Morocco
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Suss-Massa
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Taroudant Province
- Settlement.population_total
- 7999
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.timezone
- WET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +0
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- WEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +1
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- arazan
- Population
- 7883
- Image
- Commune Arazane.jpg
- Households
- 1812
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- Arazan
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Arazan (Arabic: ارزان) is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa region of Morocco. At the time of the 2014 census, the commune had a total population of 7999 people living in 1422 households.
The town was home to a significant population of Berber Jews until their departure to Israel in the mid-1960s. A synagogue preserved by the local inhabitants was restored in 2010 by Jewish philanthropist Peter Geffen and Jewish-Moroccan tour guide Raphael David Elmaleh. ==References==
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