Tazzarine

Place in Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco

Tazzarine Tazarin / ⵜⴰⵣⴰⵔⵉⵏ تازارين

30°46′20″N 5°32′45″W / 30.77222°N 5.54583°W / 30.77222; -5.54583
Country	Morocco
Region	Drâa-Tafilalet
Province	Zagora Province
Community	Tazzarine
Government
• President of the Urban Community of Tazzarine	Mohamed Friks
Population (2004)
• Total	13,721
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

Tazzarine (Arabic: تازارين, Berber languages: Tazarin, ⵜⴰⵣⴰⵔⵉⵏ, also spelled as Tazarine) is a small city and rural commune in Zagora Province, Morocco. It is located at around 30°46′20″N 5°32′45″W / 30.77222°N 5.54583°W / 30.77222; -5.54583 in the area of the Jbel Saghro. The commune includes the small villages of Tamsahelte, Timarighin and Oum raman. The neighboring municipalities are N'kob in the northwest, Taghbalt and Ait Boudaoud. The town has about five marabout tombs. All these graves are for spiritual leadership. Nearby Tazzarine is the petroglyphs site of Ait Ouazik. These rock carvings date from approximately 5000 years BC.^[1] According to the 2004 population estimation, the town has a population of about 13,721 people.^[2]

It features prominently in the 2006 film Babel.

Economy

Tazzarine's economy depends on agriculture, tourism and trade. In addition, many families live on the money sent by relatives working in Europe. The weekly open-air market (souk) is held Wednesday in the city center.