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Also known as Er Rachidia

Errachidia (), formerly known as Ksar es-Souk, () is a city in Morocco, located in the Errachidia Province, and is the capital of the Drâa-Tafilalet region.

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Errachidia is a city in Morocco, serving as the capital of both Drâa-Tafilalet and Errachidia Province. It is situated at an elevation of approximately 1,009 meters above sea level. The city’s official name is الرشيدية, and it falls within the Africa/Casablanca timezone.

The population of Errachidia is recorded as 97,687, with 22,944 households. The area is associated with the postal code 52000. While specific weather data indicates a current temperature of 25.99 degrees and humidity of 29 percent, these figures reflect a specific moment in time. The city is located in the Drâa-Tafilalet region, also known locally as ⴷⴰⵔⵄⴰ-ⵜⴰⴼⵉⵍⴰⵍⵜ.

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Place details

Locality
Errachidia ⵉⵎⵜⵖⴻⵔⵏ الرشيدية
Region
Drâa-Tafilalet ⴷⴰⵔⵄⴰ-ⵜⴰⴼⵉⵍⴰⵍⵜ درعة تافيلالت
Country
Maroc ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ المغرب
Population
100,870
Timezone
Africa/Casablanca

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Key facts

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الرشيدية
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Main road in Errachidia
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location of Errachidia in Morocco
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Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
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Region
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Drâa-Tafilalet
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Errachidia

via Wikipedia infobox

Travel guide

Understand

Errachidia is of not much interest from a tourist point of view. It was shortly part of Rally Dakar in 2006 and 2007. The more significant tourist destinations of Erfoud and Rissani are about 78 km and 95 km respectively south of Errachidia.

Furthermore, the military use of this town gives it a clean and organized urban net.

Get in

Errachidia can be convenient hub between Ouarzazate and Merzouga on the national road 10. Otherwise, using the parallel route further south, you have to relay mainly on grand taxis between these two places.

Buses from Ouarzazate run once a day by CTM, 6 hours and from Merzouga every second day, 2½ hours. They stop at the Year-round flights from Casablanca, and seasonal flights from Marrakech and Paris arrive to

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Toponymy
  • Culture
  • Climate
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Errachidia (), formerly known as Ksar es-Souk, () is a city in Morocco, located in the Errachidia Province, and is the capital of the Drâa-Tafilalet region.

== Toponymy == Formerly known as "Ksar es-Souk" (), the city was renamed Errachidia around 1975 in honor of the second son of Hassan II, Moulay Rachid.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Errachidia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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