| Bouizakarne ⴱⵓⵢⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ | |
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| Town | |
 City Center of Bouizakarne | |
  BouizakarneLocation of Bouizakarne in Morocco | |
| Coordinates: 29°10′00″N 9°44′00″W / 29.1667°N 9.73333°W / 29.1667; -9.73333 | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Guelmim-Oued Noun |
| Province | Guelmim |
| Elevation | 623 m (2,044 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 14,228 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
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.
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.
Notable people
- Driss Benzekri – former international goalkeeper
References
- "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on January 5, 2013.
| Guelmim-Oued Noun region | ||
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| Capital: Guelmim | ||
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