Guelmim

Guelmim كلميم (Arabic) ڭلميم (Moroccan Arabic) گليميم (Hassaniyya) ⴳⵯⴻⵍⵎⵉⵎ (Tachelhit)
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Coordinates: 28°59′N 10°04′W / 28.983°N 10.067°W / 28.983; -10.067
Country	Morocco
Region	Guelmim-Oued Noun
Province	Guelmim
Population  (2014)[1]
• Total	118,318
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

Guelmim (Arabic: كلميم, romanized: kulmīm, Moroccan Arabic: ڭلميم, romanized: gulmīm, Hassaniyya: گليميم, romanized: gleymīm, Tachelhit: ⴳⵯⴻⵍⵎⵉⵎ, romanized: gʷelmim; also spelled in European sources: Glaimim, Goulimine or Guelmin) is a city in southern Morocco, often called Gateway to the Desert. It is the capital of the Guelmim-Assif Noun region which includes southern Morocco (south of the Souss-Massa region) and the northeastern corner of Western Sahara. The population of the city was 187,808 as of the 2014 Moroccan census,^[1] making it the largest city in the region. The N1 and N12 highways cross at Guelmim and link it to the nearby region of Souss-Massa.

Guelmim is located just north of Asrir, which was the site of an important trade-route city and the capital of the Saharan Berber tribes. It is home to a camel market. Most of the inhabitants speak either the Tachelhit language or the Hassaniya dialect of Sahrawi Arabs, as it is part of the Sahrawi-inhabited southern region of Morocco.