Arazan

Arazan (Arabic: ارزان) is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa region of Morocco. At the time of the 2014 census, the commune had a total population of 7999 people living in 1422 households.^[1]

Arazan ⴰⵔⴰⵣⴰⵏ أَرَزَانْ
Rural commune and town
Country	Morocco
Region	Suss-Massa
Province	Taroudant Province
Population  (2014)
• Total	7,999
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

The town was home to a significant population of Berber Jews until their departure to Israel in the mid-1960s.^[2][3][4] A synagogue preserved by the local inhabitants was restored in 2010 by Jewish philanthropist Peter Geffen and Jewish-Moroccan tour guide Raphael David Elmaleh. ^[5][6]