Tafilalt

31.3 - 4.2666666666667Koordinaten: 31 ° 18 ' N, 4 ° 16' W

The Tafilalet or Tafilalet (Arabic تفيلالة, Tamazight ⵜ ⴰ ⴼ ⵉ ⵍ ⴰ ⵍ ⵜ ) is the southernmost of a traversed from Wadi Ziz group of several oases in the Moroccan Sahara. This oasis group is the most extensive in the world with 1380 km ², 300 villages and up to 150,000 inhabitants and is the northern part of the twat. The name Tafilalet means in the Berber language, " Land of the Hilali ". Hilali the inhabitants of Tafilalet to be named, which descended from the Banu Hilal.

Location

The Oasis Group is located in the extreme southwest of Meknes -Tafilalet region in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. The location was formerly south of Fez specified with ten camel caravan days, what is now the crossing of the entire Atlas can mean on a day when using a motor vehicle and under favorable conditions. Biggest Cities in Erfoud and Rissani Tafilalet are. The Tafilalet is divided into seven districts, which flows from Seitenwadis, such as the Wadi Rheris. The southernmost part is called Sebcha Daya ed- Daura. The former governor's mansion of 150 villages lay in what is now Rissani.

Economy

The traditional form of economy in the Tafilalet oasis was the economy of the date palm as indicator plant. In addition, the trade played with tanned skins, ostrich feathers, slaves, salt and gold dust in ancient times an important role. Besides created small craft and retail. In the last third of the 20th century, tourism was added as an important economic factor - since then goods are produced and traded like morocco leather, silk and carpets. Trade with - mostly smooth cut and polished - Fossils plays a role in the economy of the region.

History

In the center of the oasis Tafilalet is the former trade and university town Sijilmasa. She lay on the caravan route from Niger - Fez - Tangier, and today consists of a five- mile city ruins along the Ziz. In the 14th century the Berber explorer Ibn Battuta visited on his journey from Fez to the land of the blacks, the commercial city Sijilmasa. Since 1648, Alawites sultans citizens from northern Morocco sent as colonists to the Tafilalet. This occupied and fortified the villages to Ksour, other Ksour were even given by the rulers in order to deport here widows and other unwelcome at court members. In 1828, the French explorer René Caillié visited the Tafilalet the first Europeans. The German explorer Gerhard Rohlfs toured the area in the year 1864. 1895 published author Walter Burton Harris Tafilet his work, in which the harka - Reisekönigtum the Sultan Moulay al -Hassan I. is described.

Tourism

Erfoud has developed into an important city and a hub for the hotel from the north ( Central Morocco Royal cities ) or from the west (Agadir, Marrakech, Road of Kasbahs ) coming tourists. Many visit the Tafilalet first and foremost because of the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi in Merzouga. But even with his Rissani market ( suq ) and the grave Mosque ( Marabout ) of Moulay Ali Cherif, the founder of the dynasty Alawites worth a visit; the Ksour around Rissani belong to the cultural heritage of Morocco. The almost everywhere visible - but suffering in large numbers under a fungal disease - palm groves ( palmeraies ) do not belong mostly to the program from the tourist crowds and remain the individual tourists reserved.

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