Tata Province
About 20,000 square kilometers, but only about 130,000 inhabitants Tata Province (Arabic: إقليم طاطا ) belongs to the region Guelmim-Es Semara and is located in the south of the country on the border with Algeria. The provincial capital is the city of Tata.
Geography
Location
The Tata province is bordered on the southeast by Algeria, the southwest by the province of Assa- Zag, on the west by the province of Guelmim, in the northwest of the province of Tiznit, in the north of the province of Taroudant, in the northeast of the province of Ouarzazate and on the east by the province of Zagora.
Landscape
The landscape is dominated by the southern foothills of the Anti- Atlas Mountains with its partly flat, partly hilly terrain. While in the higher elevations - apart from a few oasis valleys - prevail cliffs, the levels of stones are littered.
Climate
In summer, the daily high temperatures can reach 45 ° C and more; at night it cools down - depending on the sky - to 5 to 15 ° C.. In the four winter months of November to February can sometimes raining a bit, but reach the daytime temperatures are still values around 25 to 30 ° C; At night, the temperature drops to a value between 0 and 10 ° C.
Population
The population consists of a large majority of Berbers; many of them have since the 1970s - to leave their home villages and are drawn into the ever-growing cities in the north and west of Morocco - due to lack of rainfall, but also socio-cultural reasons. The population of the entire province was in 2004 at 121,618 inhabitants.
Economy
The province has no industry. The population lives predominantly from Transfer money from the migrants as well as from the oasis economy of small craft, retail and a little tourism. Livestock plays no significant role.
Water
All year round predominant is an extremely dry, almost desert -like climate. In the province hardly precipitation falls. The essential water is pumped from wells. The underground water resources are - albeit only partially - replenished by runoff from the mountainous regions. Since the water consumption steadily increases, supply problems are emerging.
Attractions
In addition to the spare but impressive landscape with its distant from each other Dattelpalmenoasen there is virtually no historical sights. Among them are only partially 6000 years old, but to be found only with the help of local leaders rock carvings ( petroglyphs ) and the stump of a possibly originating from Almohad minaret time around Akka.