Bouizakarne


Bouizakarne 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 words, bou/bu/ā“±āµ“, meaning 'owner of', and izakarne/izakarn/āµ‰āµ£ā“°ā“½ā“°āµ”āµ, plural of izikr/āµ‰āµ£āµ‰ā“½āµ”, meaning 'cord'.
The town's surrounding Anti-Atlas mountains are covered with argan trees.

Notable people