Place:Guelmim, Guelmim, Guelmim-Es Semara, Morocco

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NameGuelmim
Alt namesGoulimimesource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Gouliminesource: Wikipedia
Guelminsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates28.983°N 10.05°W
Located inGuelmim, Guelmim-Es Semara, Morocco
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Guelmim (in , in , also spelled in European sources: Glaimim, Goulimine or Guelmin), is a city in southern Morocco, often called Gateway to the Desert. It is the capital of the Guelmim-Oued Noun region which includes southern Morocco (south of the Souss-Massa region) and the northeastern corner of Western Sahara. The population of the city was 187,808 as of the 2014 Moroccan census,[1] making it the largest city in the region. The N1 and N12 highways cross at Guelmim and link it to the nearby region of Souss-Massa.

Guelmim is located just north of Asrir, which was the site of an important trade-route city and the capital of the Saharan tribes. It was known in Arabic sources as Noul Lamta.

It is home to a camel market.

Most of the inhabitants speak either the Tachelhit language or the Hassaniya dialect of Arabic, as it is part of the Sahrawi-inhabited southern region of Morocco.

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