Bouizakarne

Bouizakarne ((Berber/Tifinagh script): ⴱⵓⵢⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ, Arabic: بو يزكارن) is a town in the Guelmim Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun, in southern Morocco. In the 2014 census, it had a population of 14,228, the fifth-largest in the region and second-highest in the province after the regional capital Guelmim.^[1]

Country Morocco

Elevation

623 m (2,044 ft)

TimezoneUTC+0 (WET)

Postalcode

81050

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Bouizakarne ⴱⵓⵢⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ
Town
City Center of Bouizakarne
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Country	Morocco
Region	Guelmim-Oued Noun
Province	Guelmim
Elevation	623 m (2,044 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	14,228
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)
Postal code	81050

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The city name is composed of two Berber (Tashelhit) words, bou/bu/ⴱⵓ, meaning 'owner of', and izakarne/izakarn/ⵉⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ, plural of izikr/ⵉⵣⵉⴽⵔ, meaning 'cord'.

The town's surrounding Anti-Atlas mountains are covered with argan trees.