Ait Melloul
| Aït Melloul أيت ملول ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⵓⵍ |
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 Morocco
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| Region : | Souss-Massa | ||||
| Prefecture : | Inezgane-Aït Melloul | ||||
| Coordinates | 30 ° 20 ′ N , 9 ° 30 ′ W | ||||
| Residents : | 171,847 (2014) | ||||
| Area : | 26.96 km² | ||||
| Population density : | 6,374 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Height : | 15 m | ||||
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Aït Melloul ( Arabic أيت ملول; Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⵓⵍ ) is the largest city (municipalité) in the province of Inezgane-Aït Melloul in the vicinity of Agadir in southwest Morocco with about 172,000 inhabitants .
location
Aït Melloul lies at a height of only about 15 m above sea level. d. M. approx. 20 km (driving distance) southeast of Agadir on the south bank of the Oued Souss in the west of the Souss plain ; the neighboring town of Inezgane is only 10 km to the west. The climate in Aït Melloul is mostly hot and dry; Rain rarely falls.
Population development
Official population statistics have only been kept and published since 1994.
| year | 1994 | 2004 | 2014 |
| Residents | 82,825 | 130,370 | 171,847 |
The rapid increase in population is mainly due to the immigration of Berber families from the surrounding mountain regions of the Anti-Atlas .
economy
The place used to be a small farming community in the west of the Souss plain , but now trade, crafts and various service companies play the dominant economic role.
History and sights
Nothing is known about the earlier history of the place; the spacious modern city with its mostly three-story residential and commercial buildings - above a ground floor serving as a garage, warehouse or shop - and its straight road network has no historically or culturally significant sights.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Moroccan population statistics ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Aït Melloul - Climate tables
