Assa, Morocco

Assa is a small town in southern Morocco, in the Assa-Zag province of the Guelmim-Oued Noun region, about south-east of Guelmim and about south-west of Foum Zguid. It lies in a desert area north of the Jbel Ouarkziz and is part of the Sahrawi-inhabited southern region of Morocco. The Draa River lies to its south, and the N12 highway crosses the town.In the 2012 census Assa had a population of 18,367, the largest in its province and sixth largest in the region. ImageSize = width:220 height:220 PlotArea = left:70 right:40 top:20 bottom:20 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify Colors = id:gray1 value:gray DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:0 till:19001 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:2500 start:0 gridcolor:gray1 PlotData = bar:1994 color:gray1 width:1 from:0 till:8323 width:15 text:8'323 textcolor:red fontsize:8px bar:2004 color:gray1 width:1 from:0 till:12905 width:15 text:12'905 textcolor:red fontsize:8px bar:2009 color:gray1 width:1 from:0 till:16382 width:15 text:16'382 textcolor:red fontsize:8px bar:2012 color:gray1 width:1 from:0 till:18367 width:15 text:18'367 textcolor:red fontsize:8px