Bni Chiker

Bni Chiker Yath Chichar بني شيكر
Town
Ayt Chicher, ⴰⵢⵜ•ⵛⵉⴽⴻⵔ /ⴰⵜ ⵛⵉⵛⴰⵔ/
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Coordinates: 35°16′25″N 3°00′54″W / 35.273529°N 3.015069°W / 35.273529; -3.015069Coordinates: 35°16′25″N 3°00′54″W / 35.273529°N 3.015069°W / 35.273529; -3.015069
Country	Morocco
Region	Oriental
Province	Nador Province
Population  (2004)
• Total	4,188
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

Aïth Chichar (Arabic: بني شيكر Bni Chiker, local Berber name: yath Chicher; /ⴰⵜ ⵛⵉⵛⴰⵔ/: ⴰⵢⵜ•ⵛⵉⴽⴻⵔ) is a town in Nador Province, Morocco. At the time of the 2014 census, it had a population of 21,715.^[1]

A large proportion of the population is Berber.

It is the birthplace of the writer Mohammed Chukri (1935-2003) and of Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, who on 16 May 2012 was appointed Minister of Women's Rights and Government spokesperson in the Ayrault government in France.

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