Tamegroute
ⵜⴰⵎⵖⵔⵓⵜ تامكروت | |
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  Tamegroute Location in Morocco | |
| Coordinates: 30°16′N 5°40′W / 30.267°N 5.667°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Drâa-Tafilalet |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 21,603 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Tamegroute (also spelled Tamgrout; Berber: ⵜⴰⵎⴳⵔⵓⵜ , Arabic: تامكروت) is a village located in the Draa River valley in southern Morocco. It historically served as a hub of learning and religion through its famous Sufi zawiya. This was a historical center of the Nasiriyya order, one of the most influential (and at one time one of the largest) Sufi orders in the Islamic world. Tamegroute's glazed ceramics are also very well known.