Merzouga
Merzouga (, ) is a village in southeastern Morocco. The village is near the Erg Chebbi dunes, among the tallest in the Sahara. It is about southeast of Rissani, about from Erfoud and about from the Algerian border. Some of the other villages near the dunes are Hassilabied ( away), Tanamoust ( away), Takoujt ( away), Khamlia ( away), and Tisserdmine ( away). Rissani is the closest city of significant size, at a distance of . ==History== thumb|Adobe Arches in Merzouga Approximately 9,000 to 10,000 years ago, the region was likely a tropical jungle, coinciding with a period when the Sahara Desert
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Place details
- Locality
- Et-taous ⵟⴰⵡⵙ الطاوس
- Region
- Drâa-Tafilalet ⴷⴰⵔⵄⴰ-ⵜⴰⴼⵉⵍⴰⵍⵜ درعة تافيلالت
- Country
- Maroc ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ المغرب
- Population
- 500
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Merzouga (, ) is a village in southeastern Morocco. The village is near the Erg Chebbi dunes, among the tallest in the Sahara. It is about southeast of Rissani, about from Erfoud and about from the Algerian border. Some of the other villages near the dunes are Hassilabied ( away), Tanamoust ( away), Takoujt ( away), Khamlia ( away), and Tisserdmine ( away). Rissani is the closest city of significant size, at a distance of . ==History== thumb|Adobe Arches in Merzouga Approximately 9,000 to 10,000 years ago, the region was likely a tropical jungle, coinciding with a period when the Sahara Desert was characterized by abundant vegetation and lakes.
Merzouga was an uninhabited oasis that later became a transit point for merchants heading to Timbuktu. It also became a pilgrimage destination for the nomads of the Ait Atta tribes and eventually a tourist destination.