The town of Aït Ourir

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Presentation

General information
With more than 20,000 inhabitants, Aït Ourir is more the big city of the Al Haouz area. Built around the Zate wadi, Aït Ourir marks the end of the plain of Haouz.

Etymology
Ourir has: in Arabic, آيت ورير.

Situation

Aït Ourir is located in the Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz area, to 34 km of Marrakech on the traditional caravan road which connects Marrakech to Ouarzazate passing by the collar of Tichka.

Visits

Road, one can see the high crenelated walls of the kasbah of the city.