Tafraout
Sign in to savethumb|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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tafraout
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- 300px
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- Morocco
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- bottom
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- 300
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- Location in Morocco
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Souss-Massa
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tiznit Province
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024
- Settlement.population_total
- 6124
- Settlement.timezone
- WET
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- +0
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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.
==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").