Tagounite

Tagounite
Commune
Tagounite is located in Morocco
Tagounite
Tagounite
Coordinates: 29°57′31″N 5°54′54″W / 29.95854°N 5.91509°W / 29.95854; -5.91509
Country Morocco
RegionDrâa-Tafilalet
Elevation
605 m (1,985 ft)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (WEST)

Tagounite is a rural Moroccan commune in the Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco, with about 17,412 inhabitants as of the 2004 census.[1][2][3]

Tagounite is known for its abandoned kasbahs,[4] as well as numerous meteorites found in the area.[5][6][7] It counted a sizeable Jewish population before the mass Moroccan Jewish exodus to Israel.[8][9]

Tagounite has been one of the arrival points at the annual Africa Eco Race.[10][11][12]

The Draa River flows through the commune,[4] which has benefited from numerous water distribution and demineralization projects in recent years.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ "GeoNames.org". www.geonames.org. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  2. ^ "Tagounite, Souss-Massa-Drâa, Morocco". ma.geoview.info. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  3. ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  4. ^ a b "Draa Valley oases, MOROCCO". Med-O-Med. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  5. ^ "Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Tagounite". www.lpi.usra.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  6. ^ "Meteoritical Bulletin 84, Table 9". www.lpi.usra.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  7. ^ "Lunar Meteorite: Northwest Africa 3136 | Some Meteorite Information | Washington University in St. Louis". sites.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  8. ^ "2019-2020". jewishstudies.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  9. ^ Goldenberg, André. (2014). Art and the Jews of Morocco. Paris. ISBN 978-2-7572-0893-9. OCLC 915085335.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ "Africa Eco Race: Ceci wins stage two and takes over race lead". euronews. 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  11. ^ "Africa Race 2017 - Stage N°3 : TAGOUNITE > ASSA | Drupal". www.africarace.com. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  12. ^ "Africa Race 2017 - Etape N°2 : DOMAINE MOULAY > TAGOUNITE | Africa Eco Race". www.africarace.com. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  13. ^ "Office national de l'électricité et de l'eau potable : Un grand chantier ouvert dans la province de Zagora". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  14. ^ "Eau potable: Une station de déminéralisation à Zagora". L'Economiste (in French). 2021-06-26. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
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