Bouizakarne

Bouizakarne ⴱⵓ-ⵉⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ
Town
City Center of Bouizakarne
Bouizakarne Location of Bouizakarne in Morocco
Coordinates: 29°10′00″N 9°44′00″W / 29.1667°N 9.73333°W / 29.1667; -9.73333Coordinates: 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  (2014)
• Total	14,228
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

Bouizakarne (Tashlhit (Latin script): Bu-izakarn, (Berber/Tifinagh script): ⴱⵓ-ⵉⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ, 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.^[1]

Bouizakarne lies at the junction of the N1 and N12 highways, with the N1 linking it to the nearby Souss-Massa region to the north and Guelmim to the southwest. Since Bouizakarne is close to Souss-Massa region, the town's surrounding Anti-Atlas mountains are covered with argan trees.

Bouizakarne is a combination of two Berber (Tashlhit) words, 'Bu/ⴱⵓ' (the owner of) and 'Izakarn/ⵉⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ' (plural of 'Izikr/ⵉⵣⵉⴽⵔ' which means cord). This gives the city name the meaning of 'A place with cords'.

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