Aoulouz
| Aoulouz أولوز ⴰⵡⵍⵓⵥ |
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 Morocco
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| Region : | Souss-Massa | ||||
| Province : | Taroudant | ||||
| Coordinates | 30 ° 40 ′ N , 8 ° 11 ′ W | ||||
| Residents : | 17,409 (2014) | ||||
| Height : | 670 m | ||||
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Aoulouz ( Arabic أولوز, Taschelhit ⴰⵡⵍⵓⵥ ) is an oasis town mainly inhabited by Berbers with about 17,000 inhabitants on the northern edge of the Anti-Atlas Mountains and on the western edge of the Jbel-Sirwa mountain in the Moroccan province of Taroudannt in the Souss-Massa region .
Location and climate
The oasis town of Aoulouz is located approx. 1 km south of the Oued Souss (still called Assif Tifnout here ) at an altitude of approx. 670 m and approx. 76 km (driving distance) northeast of Taroudannt . The climate is mostly dry and warm; the rare rain (approx. 280 mm / year) falls almost exclusively in the winter months.
population
| year | 1994 | 2004 | 2014 |
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| Residents | 15,383 | 18,518 | 17,409 |
The population of the place and the rural community consists mainly of Berbers ; we speak Berber dialects and Moroccan Arabic .
economy
In the past, livestock was raised mainly in a nomadic or semi-nomadic way of life, but today agriculture in irrigated fields plays the largest role in the life of the community.
history
Most of the places in the region have a history that goes back centuries, but it is not documented in writing.
Attractions
The original single-storey houses built of rock and clay with their roofs made of crooked argan branches with a layer of straw and reed and a cover made of earth have gradually all been abandoned since the 1960s and have been replaced by new houses with walls, mostly painted in earth-colored tones made of hollow blocks and a foundation and ceilings made of concrete have been replaced. Almost nothing is left of the old residential buildings.