Tafraout

thumb|Napoleon's Hat in Tafraout Tafraout, also Tafraoute (, ) is a town in Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa region, Morocco. Situated in the central part of the Anti-Atlas mountains, a mountain range in Morocco which is part of the Atlas Mountains in the northwest of Africa, the town has a population of 6,124 at the 2024 census.

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Settlement.name: Tafraout
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Morocco
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Morocco
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Souss-Massa
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Tiznit Province
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 2024
Settlement.population_total: 6124
Settlement.timezone: WET
Settlement.utc_offset: +0
Settlement.timezone_DST: WEST

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Tafrawt
Population: 6124
Elevation: 995
Image: Antiatlas westl nahe tafraoute.jpg
Households: 1849

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native label: ⵜⴰⴼⵔⴰⵡⵜ
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Name and etymology
Notable people
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==Name and etymology== The basic meaning of the Shilha feminine noun tafrawt is "basin or cistern in which water drawn from a well is poured", with a derived meaning "valley". The centre of the town of Tafraout is actually situated in a small valley, at the foot of Djebel Lekest, a pink granite mountain formed by erosion. A male inhabitant is called in Shilha "u Tfrawt", (plural "ayt Tfrawt"); a female inhabitant is "ult Tfrawt", (plural "ist Tfrawt").