Ifrane Atlas Saghir

Ifrane Atlas-Saghir or Ifrane, Anti-Atlas (Arabic: إفران الأطلس الصغير, meaning cave), is a village and commune in southern Morocco populated by some 12,000 inhabitants. The town, its arid valley, oasis and surrounding mountains attract some tourism, from hikers and Jewish pilgrims. Ifrane Arlas-Saghir was also known by the former local Jewish community as Oufrane. History Ifrane Atlas-Saghir was an important trading post and market for the caravan trade moving across the Sahara to the sea-coas…