Ait Ishaq

Aït Ishaq
Arabic: آيت إسحاق
Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵉⵙⵃⴰⵇ
Commune
Interactive map of Aït Ishaq
Country Morocco
RegionBéni Mellal-Khénifra
ProvinceKhénifra
Population
 (2024)
 • Commune
17,847
 • Urban
11,832
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Aït Ishaq (Arabic: آيت إسحاق, Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵉⵙⵃⴰⵇ) is a town and commune in Khénifra Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra region, Morocco.

It is located along the RN8 connecting Khenifra to Zaouiat Cheikh, right next to Tighassaline.

As of the 2024 Moroccan census it had 17,847 inhabitants, with 11,832 in the urban centre.

This city was the capital of the Zawiya Dila'iya, It was founded by Muhammad al-Hajj al-Dulai and began building it on Sunday 16 Rabi’ al-Awwal 1048 AH - July 28, 1638 AD. At that time, it was not called by this name, but was called Zawiya Al-Daliyah, and it continued to bear this name until it was seized and destroyed by Sultan Al-Mawla Al-Rashid in 1079 AH - 1668 AD, where it remained after that as a ruin.

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "Population légale du Royaume du Maroc répartie par régions, provinces et préfectures et communes selon les résultats du Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2024" (in Arabic and French). High Commission for Planning, Morocco. 7 November 2024.
  2. ↑ M., Peyron (1995). "Dila'". Encyclopédie berbère (15). doi:10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.2260. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
  3. ↑ ""أيقونة الأطلس" حادة أوعكي في "قصص إنسانية" مساء الأحد". 2M (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-01-11.

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