Merzouga

Merzouga is a village in the Sahara Desert in , on the edge of Erg Chebbi, a set of sand dunes about 28 km long and 5 km wide that reach up to about 150 m above the plain and 808 m above sea level.
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  • Type: Town with 500 residents
  • Description: small village in southeastern Morocco
  • Also known as: “Dunes de merzouga”, “Isadobola”, “Les dunes de merzouga”, “Marzouga”, and “Merzouga ⵎⴰⵔⵣⵓⴳⴰ مرزوكة”

Merzouga

Latitude
31.0999° or 31° 5′ 60″ north
Longitude
-4.0141° or 4° 0′ 51″ west
Population
500
Elevation
699 metres (2,293 feet)
Open location code
8C3Q3XXP+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3901504169
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2542444
Wiki­data ID
Q1922278
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Merzouga” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Merzouga”
  • Arabic: “مرزوكة”
  • Armenian: “Մերզուգա”
  • Basque: “Merzouga”
  • Catalan: “Merzouga”
  • Chinese: “梅爾祖卡”
  • Dutch: “Merzouga”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرزوكه”
  • French: “Merzouga”
  • German: “Merzouga”
  • Irish: “Merzouga”
  • Italian: “Merzouga”
  • Korean: “메르주가”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “مرزوݣة”
  • Persian: “مرزوقه”
  • Portuguese: “Merzouga”
  • Russian: “Мерзуга”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مرزوقه”
  • Spanish: “Merzouga”

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