Guelmim
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  Guelmim Location in Morocco  Guelmim Guelmim (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 28°59′N 10°04′W / 28.983°N 10.067°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Guelmim-Oued Noun |
| Province | Guelmim |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 118,318 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Guelmim (Arabic: كلميم, romanized: kulmīm, Moroccan Arabic: ڭلميم, romanized: gulmīm, Hassaniyya: گليميم, romanized: gleymīm, Tachelhit: ⴳⵯⴻⵍⵎⵉⵎ, romanized: gʷelmim; 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-Assif 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 Berber tribes. It is home to a camel market. Most of the inhabitants speak either the Tachelhit language or the Hassaniya dialect of Sahrawi Arabs, as it is part of the Sahrawi-inhabited southern region of Morocco.
- ^ a b "POPULATION LÉGALE DES RÉGIONS, PROVINCES, PRÉFECTURES, MUNICIPALITÉS, ARRONDISSEMENTS ET COMMUNES DU ROYAUME D'APRÈS LES RÉSULTATS DU RGPH 2014" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.