Midelt

Midelt
میدلت
Jbel Ayachi looms over the old French quarter of Midelt
Midelt is located in Morocco
Midelt
Midelt
Location in Morocco
Midelt is located in Africa
Midelt
Midelt
Midelt (Africa)
Coordinates: 32°40′48″N 4°43′48″W / 32.68000°N 4.73000°W / 32.68000; -4.73000
Country Morocco
RegionDrâa-Tafilalet
ProvinceMidelt
Elevation
1,508 m (4,948 ft)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total55,304
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Midelt (Arabic: ميدلت) is a town in Morocco, in the high plains between the Middle Atlas and High Atlas mountain ranges. With a population of 55,304 recorded in the 2014 Moroccan census,[1] Midelt serves as the commercial center of a large agricultural hinterland. It is also one of Morocco's principal cities for the mining of several minerals.

  1. ^ 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.