Errachidia

Here's a quick tour around Errachidia city

And here is a longer better version, 8 mins 4 k

Errachidia (Arabic: الرشيدية, in Berber: ⵉⵎⵜⵖⴻⵔⵏ, "Imetgheren", used to be called in the past: "Ksar Es-Souk" and "Ighrem n Ulzuz") is a city in the south east of Morocco, capital of the province of Errachidia, in the region of Drâa-Tafilalet.

Errachidia is located on the Ziz Valley, in the north of the province of Errachidia.

Formerly "Ksar Es-Souk" (Ighrem n Ulzuz, ⵉⵖⵔⴻⵎ ⵏ ⵓⵍⵣⵓⵣ in Berber), the city was renamed Er Rachidiya around 1975 in honor of the youngest son of Hassan II,"Prince Rachid". It is part of the cities where the Alaoui (royal family) settled. A very large number of Alawis are still in this city.

The city of Errachidia is accessed by road through the national road 10. The city also has an airport that has flight from and to Casablanca. The city is divided into several urban areas in the form of neighborhoods. The districts of Errachidia are as follows:

- Downtown (lfilage, centre)

- Ain El Ati 1 and 2

- Lahdeb (Hay Elmassira)

- Wadi Eddahab

- Al Qods

- Targa Al Jdida (New Targa)

- Targa Al Qadima (old Targa)

- Labita

- El Mouhite

- Boutalamine

- Boutalamine Jdid (Villate, residential area)

- Azzemour Al Jadid (New Azzemour)

- Azzemour Al Qadim (Ancient Azzemour)

- Ouled El Hadj

- Aït Ba Mouha

-kaser Ingbi

-Elwaha

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Errachidia is also a millitary town, because it is the biggest closest city to the Algerian-Moroccan borders, it has several army bases even inside the city.

The attactions around Erracidia are the hog springs of "Moulay Hachem" and Meski the blue source. and just 2 hours away there are the Sahara desert dunes in Merzouga and Hassi Labid, Where you can do camel trekking to the middle of the desert and spend the night in in traditional berbre tent. or quad biking on the sand dunes, or even sand boarding.