Errachidia

Also known as Er Rachidia

Errachidia (), formerly known as Ksar es-Souk, () is a city in Morocco, located in the Errachidia Province, and is the capital of the Drâa-Tafilalet region.

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Place details

Locality: Errachidia ⵉⵎⵜⵖⴻⵔⵏ الرشيدية
Region: Drâa-Tafilalet ⴷⴰⵔⵄⴰ-ⵜⴰⴼⵉⵍⴰⵍⵜ درعة تافيلالت
Country: Maroc ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ المغرب
Population: 100,870
Timezone: Africa/Casablanca

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Errachidia
Settlement.native_name: الرشيدية
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Inbound798505067365682367.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Main road in Errachidia
Settlement.image_shield: LogoProvinceErrachidia2.png
Settlement.mapsize: 200px
Settlement.map_caption: location of Errachidia in Morocco
Settlement.pushpin_map: Morocco#Africa
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Drâa-Tafilalet
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Errachidia

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Errachidia
Population: 97687
Elevation: 1009
Image: Errachidia الرشيدية.jpg
Households: 22944

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Commons category: Errachidia
postal code: 52000
native label: ⵉⵎⵜⵖⵔⵏ
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Travel guide

Understand

Errachidia is of not much interest from a tourist point of view. It was shortly part of Rally Dakar in 2006 and 2007. The more significant tourist destinations of Erfoud and Rissani are about 78 km and 95 km respectively south of Errachidia.

Furthermore, the military use of this town gives it a clean and organized urban net.

Get in

Errachidia can be convenient hub between Ouarzazate and Merzouga on the national road 10. Otherwise, using the parallel route further south, you have to relay mainly on grand taxis between these two places.

Buses from Ouarzazate run once a day by CTM, 6 hours and from Merzouga every second day, 2½ hours. They stop at the Year-round flights from Casablanca, and seasonal flights from Marrakech and Paris arrive to

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Errachidia (), formerly known as Ksar es-Souk, () is a city in Morocco, located in the Errachidia Province, and is the capital of the Drâa-Tafilalet region.

== Toponymy == Formerly known as "Ksar es-Souk" (), the city was renamed Errachidia around 1975 in honor of the second son of Hassan II, Moulay Rachid.