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Al Haouafate

rural commune in Morocco

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ4703980 ↗
Source-derived summary

Al Haouafate is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Kacem Province of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 17,119 people living in 2627 households. The mayor is Abdenabi El Aidoudi.

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The public source identifies “Al Haouafate” as rural commune in Morocco. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Haouafate, rural and commune.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Haouafate, rural and commune providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4703980. Authority coordinates are 34.474, -5.924. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from “Al Haouafate” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.