Boumalne Dades

Boumalne Dades (Arabic: بومالن دادس) is a city in Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco. According to the 2014 census, it had a population of 12,328.^[1]

Boumalne Dades بومالن دادس
City
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Boumalne Dades
Coordinates: 31°22′26″N 5°59′44″W
Country	Morocco
Region	Drâa-Tafilalet
Province	Tinghir
Elevation	5,125 ft (1,562 m)
Population  (2014)
• Total	12,328
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

Located at the edge of a desert plateau, at the outlet of the upper Dadès Valley (more than 1500 m high), Boumalne Dades is originated from an old way of transhumance, controlled by the Aït Atta Tribe of Jbel Saghro and also used by neighboring tribes of Mgouna, Aït Sedrate, Aït Hdiddou and Aït Marghad between summer pastures in the High Atlas and Saghro wintering ones. Most of its residents, like those of the Dades Valley, are berber people.

Silver on Acanthite from the Imiter mine, about 20 km east of Boumalne-Dadès.^[2]