Merzouga
Merzouga is a village in the Sahara Desert in Morocco, 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.
- Town with about 500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 700 metres (2,290 feet)
- Description: small village in southeastern Morocco
- Also known as“Isadobola”“Marzouga”“Merzouga ⵎⴰⵔⵣⵓⴳⴰ مرزوكة”
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Latitude
31.0999° or 31° 5′ 60″ north
Longitude
-4.0141° or 4° 0′ 51″ west
Open location code
8C3Q3XXP+X9
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Merzouga” goes by many names.
MerzougaAfrikaans
مرزوكةArabic
ՄերզուգաArmenian
MerzougaBasque
MerzougaCatalan
梅爾祖卡Chinese
MerzougaDutch
مرزوكهEgyptian Arabic
MerzougaIrish
MerzougaItalian
메르주가Korean
مرزوݣةMoroccan Arabic
مرزوقهPersian
МерзугаRussian
مرزوقهSouth Azerbaijani
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