Takate
Sign in to saveTakate (Arabic: ; Tachelhit: ) is a rural commune in the Essaouira Province of the Marrakech-Safi region of Morocco. At the time of the 2014 census, the commune had a total population of 10,968 people living in 2,122 households.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Takate
- Settlement.native_name
- تكاط
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Rural commune
- Settlement.image_caption
- Rural landscape in the Essaouira Province
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Morocco
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- Location in Morocco
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Morocco
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Marrakech-Safi
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Essaouira Province
- Settlement.seat_type
- Tribal territory
- Settlement.seat
- Chiadma
- Settlement.government_type
- Local council
- Settlement.population_total
- 10968
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
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Takate (Arabic: ; Tachelhit: ) is a rural commune in the Essaouira Province of the Marrakech-Safi region of Morocco. At the time of the 2014 census, the commune had a total population of 10,968 people living in 2,122 households.
== Etymology == The name Takate (sometimes transliterated as Takkad) is derived from the Berber (Tachelhit) word for "hearth" or "fire." In the regional context, it signifies a central point of settlement or a communal gathering place. While other locations in Morocco share the name (notably in Chtouka Aït Baha), the Takate of Essaouira is historically linked to the northern agricultural plains of the province.
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