Azrou

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Azrou (Arabic: أزرو‎) is a Moroccan small city , situated at 89 kilometers south of Fez, in the Meknès-Tafilalet region.

[edit] Toponymy and Etymology

Azrou is a geomorphologic name who expresses the relief form. Accordingly, the city's name is due to a significant rocky peak ("azrou", which means rock in zayane berber). The city is located 17 kilometers from the city of Ifrane and about 50 kilometers from Meknes. Its Lycee d'Azrou high school was the cradle of most the post-independence elite of the country from 1955 onwards. The city is well known for having been the core of the Berber country under the French Protectorate from 1912 to 1956. The city for many reasons is neglected by the authorities, on behalf of its neighbor city, Ifrane. Azrou which is an old city and a heroic one, but does not have the status of a province, unlike its neighboring city, Ifrane. Azrou is known for its cedar wood, its fruit, its cherry trees and apple trees, as well as its Barbary apes in the woods and its Cedre Gouraud forest. www.oulamine.com

[edit] Geography

Azrou is located in the heart of The Middle Atlas region, of Morocco, between Meknes and Fez and Ifrane and Midelt and Khenifra. www.oulamine.com The N13 road connects Azrou to Meknes in the north.