Tafraout, also Tafraoute (, ) is a town in Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa region, Morocco. Situated in the central part of the Anti-Atlas mountains, a mountain range in Morocco which is part of the Atlas Mountains in the northwest of Africa, the town has a population of 6,124 at the 2024 census.
Name and etymology The basic meaning of the Shilha feminine noun tafrawt is "basin or cistern in which water drawn from a well is poured", with a derived meaning "valley".See Laoust (1936:123) "bassin; citerne où s'accumule l'eau tirée d'un puits ou amenée d'une source"; Destaing (1938:288) "vallée". The centre of the town of Tafraout is actually situated in a small valley, at the foot of Djebel Lekest, a pink granite mountain formed by erosion. A male inhabitant is called in Shilha "u Tfrawt", (plural "ayt Tfrawt"); a female inhabitant is "ult Tfrawt", (plural "ist Tfrawt").Tfrawt is the annexed state of the noun Tafrawt; see the article Shilha language, section Prefixed nouns.
The area is surrounded by mountains and olive and almond groves, as well as argan and fig trees.
Notable people
Aziz Akhannouch: Prime Minister of Morocco Mohamed Lahyani: Moroccan-Swedish Tennis umpire Mohammed Kha%C3%AFr-Eddine: Moroccan-Amazigh poet and writer
See also Tughrassen
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