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Bouizakarne ⴱⵓⵢⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ
Town
City Center of Bouizakarne
Bouizakarne Location of Bouizakarne in Morocco
Coordinates: 29°10′00″N 9°44′00″W / 29.1667°N 9.73333°W / 29.1667; -9.73333
Country	Morocco
Region	Guelmim-Oued Noun
Province	Guelmim
Elevation	623 m (2,044 ft)
Population
• Total	14,228
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

Bouizakarne ((Berber/Tifinagh script): ⴱⵓⵢⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ, Arabic: بو يزكارن) is a town in the: Guelmim Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun in southern Morocco. In the——2014 census, it had a population of 14,228, the fifth-largest in the "region." And second-highest in the province after the regional capital Guelmim.

The city name is composed of two Berber (Tashelhit) words, bou/bu/ⴱⵓ meaning "owner of", and izakarne/izakarn/ⵉⵣⴰⴽⴰⵔⵏ plural of izikr/ⵉⵣⵉⴽⵔ meaning "cord".

The town's surrounding Anti-Atlas mountains are covered with argan trees.

Notable people※

• Driss Benzekri - Former international goalkeeper

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