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258  MOROC C O REGION B Y REGION

9 Aït Bouguemez Valley

The wide, flat Aït Bouguemez valley is flanked by a landscape
of high, arid hilltops. This is the domain of the Aït Bouguemez
tribe, who are settled farmers. The tribe is thought to be the
oldest established in the region. The valley is covered in
meticulously tilled plots of land surrounded by ditches, and
walnut trees grow in undulating fields of barley and corn.
On the dry slopes, pisé hamlets cluster around tighremts,
old fortified houses. The valley is the starting point for hikes
through spectacular scenery up to the massif of Jbel M’Goun.
There are 28 villages scattered along the valley between
Agouti and Zaouïa Oulemsi.

Threshing the Corn
Mules attached to a post in the
centre of the threshing ground
circle slowly, trampling the corn.
This separates the grain from
the husks and straw.

. Painted Ceilings In the tamsriyt, a room set aside for
overnight guests, the ceilings – particularly in Agouti –
are decorated with geometric motifs and thin coloured
lines skilfully drawn freehand or with a compass.

Tizi-n-Tirrhist Jbel Azourki
2,629 m 3677 m
(8,625 ft) (12,064 ft)
Key
Minor road
Track
Path Ifrane

Aϊt Wanougdal Assit-n-ait hkim
Iskattafene
Imelghas Ikhf-n-Ighir
Jbel Tizal Rbat
3,041 m Timit Sidi Moussa Ibaqalliwn
(9,977 ft)
El-Had Akhourbi
Aϊt Ziri Aguerd- Aϊt Imi
Ajit n- ouzrou
Mhamed
Agouti
0 kilometres 3
0 miles 3

For hotels and restaurants see p312 and pp328–9

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