Rissani
Rissani is a town in Errachidia Province in eastern Morocco, located near Erfoud. It is the closest town of significant size to the Erg Chebbi, the largest sand desert in Morocco.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 20,500 residents
- Description: town in Errachidia Province
- Also known as: “Recani”, “Reçani”, and “Risani”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sijilmasa.
Sijilmasa
Archaeological site
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Sijilmasa was a medieval Moroccan city and trade entrepôt at the northern edge of the Sahara in Morocco. The ruins of the town extend for five miles along the River Ziz in the Tafilalt oasis near the town of Rissani.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rissani.
Rissani
- Category: rural commune of Morocco
- Location: Errachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Saharan Morocco, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Rissani” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الريصاني”
- Arabic: “جماعة الريصاني”
- Catalan: “Er-Rissani”
- Cebuano: “Er-Rissani”
- Dutch: “Rissani”
- French: “Rissani”
- German: “Rissani”
- Hebrew: “ריסאני”
- Italian: “Er-rissani”
- Moroccan Arabic: “الريصاني”
- Persian: “ریصانی”
- Polish: “Ar-Risani”
- Portuguese: “Rissani”
- Russian: “Рисани”
- South Azerbaijani: “ریصانی”
- Spanish: “Al-Rissani”
- Spanish: “Er-rissani”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵕⵕⵉⵚⴰⵏⵉ”
- Swedish: “Er-Rissani”
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