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Toubkal (Arabic: توبقال, romanized: tūbqāl, pronounced), also Jbel Toubkal or Jebel Toubkal, is a mountain in southwestern Morocco, located in the Toubkal National Park. At 4,167 m (13,671 ft), it is the highest peak in Morocco, the Atlas Mountains , North Africa and the Arab world .
The Toubkal National Park offers many attractions to visitors. Climbing to the mountain peak takes two days and offers flowery landscapes in spring and colourful forests of cedar oaks and junipers in autumn. The Berber village of Imlil, surrounded by mountains, is a stop point to immerse oneself in the dwellers' simple lives. The ecomuseum of ...
On 17 December 2018, the bodies of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, a 24-year-old Danish woman, and Maren Ueland, a 28-year-old Norwegian woman, were found decapitated in the foothills of Mount Toubkal near to the village of Imlil in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
It has several peaks over 4,000 m (13,000 ft), including the highest summit in North Africa, Toubkal (4,167 m or 13,671 ft), and further east Ighil m'Goun (4,071 m or 13,356 ft), the second major summit of the range. At the Atlantic and to the southwest, the range drops abruptly and makes a transition to the coast and the Anti-Atlas range.
Name Range Photograph Height Prominence (m) Isolation (km) Co-ordinates Observations Toubkal: High Atlas: 4,165 metres (13,665 ft) 3755 2078 Highest point in North Africa
Toubkal is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census , the commune had a total population of 9119 people living in 1326 households.
The Ouenoukrim mountain as seen from Toubkal. The Timzguida summit is left and Ras Ouanoukrim right. Highest point; Elevation: 4,089 m (13,415 ft) [1] [2] Prominence:
Toubkal can refer to these locations in Morocco: Toubkal , mountain peak in southwestern Morocco, the highest in North Africa . Toubkal National Park , national park in the High Atlas mountain range, 70 kilometres from Marrakesh in central-western Morocco.