Sous region

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The Sous region is a historical and geographical area in southwestern Morocco, known for its fertile valleys, argan forests, and as a cultural heartland of the Shilha (Tashelhit-speaking Amazigh) people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sous region canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
climate semi-arid
climateInfluence Atlantic Ocean
country Morocco
culturalHeartlandOf Shilha people
Tashelhit-speaking Amazigh
linked to: Tashelhit
culturalRegionOf Morocco
drainageBasin Oued Sous
linked to: Oued Massa
ethnicGroup Shilha people
Tashelhit-speaking Amazigh
linked to: Tashelhit
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
argan oil production
livestock herding
trade
hasForestType argan forest
hasMajorCity Agadir
Ait Melloul
linked to: Aït Melloul

Inezgane
Taroudant
hasRiver Sous River
hasTraditionalArchitecture earthen architecture
hasTraditionalSettlementType douar
ksar
hasTreeSpecies Argania spinosa
hasValleyType fertile valleys
historicalRegionOf Morocco
knownFor Amazigh culture
Shilha culture
Tashelhit language
linked to: Tashelhit

agriculture
argan forests
citrus production
date palm cultivation
fertile valleys
olive cultivation
language Tashelhit
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Berber languages
locatedIn southwestern Morocco
locatedOnContinent Africa
near Anti-Atlas Mountains
High Atlas Mountains
linked to: High Atlas
partOf Atlas Mountains region
linked to: Atlas Mountains

Maghreb
linked to: Maghreb coast
religion Sunni Islam
traditionalInhabitants Amazigh
Berber peoples
linked to: Berbers

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shilha people indigenousTo Sous region
Saadi dynasty originRegion Sous region
Shilha language region Sous region
Bay of Agadir partOf Sous region