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Souss-Massa-Draâ

Souss-Massa-Draâ (Arabic: سوس ماسة درعة‎) is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Regions of Morocco As part of a 1997 decentralization/regionalization law passed by the legislature 16 new regions (provided below were created It is situated in central Morocco. It covers an area of 70,880 km² and has a population of 3,113,653 (2004 census). The capital is Agadir. Agadir ( Arabic ~since it is not an Arabic word it is modified as follows أڴادير or أغادير, Berber (Amazigh) is a city in One of the major languages spoken in this region of Morocco, along with Moroccan Arabic (Darija) and a minor amount of French, is Tachelhite. Tachelhite is known as 'the language of the Souss. '

As of 2005, the Wali of Souss-Massa-Draâ is Rachid Filali. Wali (Arabic ولي, plural Awliya ' أولياء) is an Arabic word meaning trusted one or friend generally denoting

The region is made up into the following provinces and prefectures :

Prefecture of Agadir-Ida-Ou Tanane
Préfecture of Inezgane-Aït Melloul
Province of Chtouka Aït Baha
Province of Ouarzazate
Province of Taroudant
Province of Tiznit
Province of Zagora

Ouarzazate ( Arabic, ورزازات Warzāzāt) (called The door of the desert) is a City Taroudant (تارودانت (Called the "Grandmother of Marrakech ") is a Moroccan City located in the Sous Valley in the southern Tiznit or Tiznet (تزنيت Berber) is a city in the southern Moroccan economic region of Sous-Massa-Draa (#13 founded in 1881 by the Zagora (زكورة is a town in the valley of the Draa River in Souss-Massa-Draâ, southeastern Morocco.

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