Tendrara

Tendrara
Town
Country  Morocco
Region Oriental
Province Figuig Province
Population (2004)
  Total 6,254
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
  Summer (DST) WEST (UTC+1)

Tendrara is a town in Figuig Province, Oriental, Morocco. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 6,254.[1] The inhabitants are Bedouin Arab of Beniguil tribe.

Near Tendrara, there was a labour camp (French: camp de travail) for Jews during the Vichy era. The prisoners who labored there—–Jews from Warsaw, Leipzig, Salzburg, and Bucharest as well as Spaniards and others—lived in tents.”[2]

See also

References

  1. "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19.
  2. Satloff, Robert (2006). Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust’s Long Reach into Arab Lands. New York: Public Affairs. p. 67. ISBN 1586483994. C1 control character in |title= at position 53 (help)

Coordinates: 33°03′N 2°00′W / 33.050°N 2.000°W / 33.050; -2.000


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