Zagora, Morocco

Zagora () is a toun in the valley o the Draa River in Souss-Massa-Draâ, sootheastren Morocco. It is locatit at aroond . It is flanked bi the muntain Zagora frae which the toun got its name. Originally it wis cawed 'Tazagourt' (ⵜⴰⵣⴰⴳⵓⵔⵜ) the singular o plural 'Tizigirt' (ⵜⵉⵣⵉⴳⵉⵔⵜ), Berber for 'twinpeaks', referrin tae the form o the mountain. In auld European maps the mountain Zagora is already indicatit but the toun itself wis ae built in the 20t century. On the top o the Zagora mountain the remains o an Almoravid fortress can still be seen.Allain (Ch) & Meunie (J.), "La forteresse almoravide de Zagora", Hespéris, 1956, vol. xliii, fasc. 2, pp. 305–325. The exact location o the umwhile Almoravid mosque is still a matter o dispute.
Each year the moussem (festival) o the Sufi saunt moulay Abdelkader Jilali is celebratit at Zagora.

A weel kent sign at the toun border states "Tombouctou 52 jours", the supposed time it takes tae get tae Timbuktu, Mali on foot or camel.

Bibliography

 External links 
 Zagora on Agadir portal 
 Lexicorient 
 http://www.thecouch.org/zagora/ 

Category:Populatit places in Morocco
Category:Souss-Massa-Draâ Region