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Small city in the Middle Atlas installed on both sides of the Oum Rbia er, Khénifra has the color of his land, a beautiful carmine, which stands out nicely on the blue sky. Because of its strategic location on the road to the Atlas, it has retained its old military aspect of the city.

A strategic relay. Khénifra east for a long time remained a small enclosure at the edge of the Oum Rbia er, where winter s'abritait a fraction of the tribe Zaïane. At the end of the seventeenth century Moulay Ismail pointed restore casbahs neighbouring Adekhsane and throw a bridge over the wadi. It was then that the town has become increasingly important. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Moha or Hammou ez Zaïani, appointed by caïd Moulay el Hassan, becomes master of the region on behalf of the central government.

An outbreak of independence. After having established a busy market, baths, a mosque, fondouks, etc.. It itself from the imperial tutelage. Striker caravans, razziant the region until Meknes, then it adheres to the Berber movement and the holy war against the French. Came in the city in November 1914, they suffered shortly after heavy casualties (563 dead).

It was not until 1921 that they really establish their authority, or when Moha Hammou was killed in a battle against French troops.

Few thing to see ià Khenifra, a city step on the axis Marrakech-Fez. In the medina an amount casbahs, barracks, kisaria (market) and several zaouïas. On the other side of the Oum Rbia er, near the bridge on a donkey Moulay Ismail, casbahs built by Moha or Rammou ez Zaiani, a veritable fortress, is now in ruins.

Souk on Wednesday, but the souk on Sunday, where it sells horses, is much more picturesque.

-- To see in the region Azrou (82 Km North-east); Kasba Tadla (99 Km South-west).

At the start of Khenifra

1 - Khénifra to Azrou by the source of the Oum Rbia er (104 Km; Khenifra, take the road towards CT3485 Ajdir).

6 Km: one follows a charming valley slopes covered with agave and oleanders.

24 Km: let dr. Runway Forestry Ajdir.

Km 29.5: bifurcation; continue straight ahead.

-- Taking on the right, you can reach Aguelmane Azigza (2 km), lake fish in a very beautiful part of oaks, cedars and rocks.

The place is ideal for a picnic.

Beyond, the road runs on a plateau mamelonné, or alternate with alpine forests.

Km 34.5: a broad panorama precedes a long and winding descent.

Km 38.5: The road leads over the valley of Umm er Rhia

41 Km: bridge over the Oum Rbia er. Be there for your wing on the right track

a trail leading to sources of the Oum Rbia er (10 min walk), which flow cascade of limestone cliffs. These sources vauclusiennes debited very regular, lightly salted and populated trout, uniting to form a wadi Fellah, Oum Rbia er, the longest river in Morocco. It empties into the Atlantic to Azemmour.

42 Km: turn right

Km 53.5: the road runs along two lakes and then enters a beautiful cedar forest. 84 Km: Ain Leuh, large Berber village in a beautiful site, where Moulay Ismail had a casbahs in the eighteenth century summering The centre is frequented by Blessed M'Guild some families continue to nomadiser throughout the region. Market on Monday and Thursday. 97 Km: catching up on the road P24 that we follow right

104 Km: Azrou.

2 - Khéuifra to Midelt (138 Km; good asphalt road could be cut off by snow from December to March; out of Khénifra to the south by road P24).

17 Km: turn left onto the small road leading to El Khab, big village clinging to a mountainside, offering a staircase alleys. Note the mosque and a nearby marabout covered with wood. El Kbab is a very active craft (pottery, tanning, weaving). Souk Monday.

In this village that lived from 1928 to 1959 Father Albert Peyriguère, follower of Charles de Foucauld. It establishes a clinic, and wrote an important language Dictionary of Psychology. His chapel can be visited.

On the return of El Kbab, turn left to win the P33 road or even turn on the left On the right stands out the village perched Azrou n-An Lahcen.

Km 45: Col de Tauout or Filai, 2070 m above sea level. ; Belle view background.

Beyond the pass, the shrub vegetation disappears, then the landscape emerges again in sight of Jebel Masker and generally snowy peaks of Ayachi.

90 Km: Boumia (4 Km on the right) that can be seen on the right at the bottom of a bowl grown dominated by the peaks of Jebel Ayachi (3737m).

108 Km: Zeida, mining centre (manganese). Crossing the plateau of Avid by P21.

138 km: Midelt