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Ouarzazate Province is in the Moroccan economic region of Drâa - Tafilalet . Its population in 2004 was 499 , 980 . The major cities and towns are : Boumalne Dades Kalaat M ' Gouna Ouarzazate Skoura Tabounte Taznakht Tinghir ___MASK21___ (', lit . " The West "; '), officially known as the Kingdom of ___MASK21___ (', lit . " The Western Kingdom "; '), is a sovereign country located in the Maghreb region of North Africa . Geographically , ___MASK21___ is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior , large tracts of desert , and a lengthy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea . Ouarzazate ( Warzazat ), nicknamed " The door of the desert ", is a city and capital of Ouarzazate Province in Drâa - Tafilalet region of south - central ___MASK21___ . Ouarzazate is at an elevation of in the middle of a bare plateau south of the High Atlas Mountains . To the south of the town is the desert . The Atlas Mountains (" Daran Dyrin " " Idurar n Walas ") are mountain range in the Maghreb . It stretches around through ___MASK67___ , ___MASK21___ and Tunisia . The range ' s highest peak is Jebel Toubkal , with an elevation of in southwestern ___MASK21___ . It separates the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert . The Atlas mountains are primarily inhabited by Berber populations . The terms for ' mountain ' in some Berber languages are " adrar " and " adras ", which are believed to be cognates of the toponym " Atlas ". High Atlas , also called the " Grand Atlas Mountains " is a mountain range in central ___MASK21___ in Northern Africa .