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             Toubkal or Tubkal in Arabic: توبقال‎, is a mountain peak in southwestern Morocco, located in the Toubkal National Park. At 4,167 metres or 13,671 feet, it is the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa and the Arab World. Located 63 km or 39 miles south of the city of Marrakech and it can even be seen from it, although much of the High Atlas consists of sedimentary rocks, the Toubkal massif is a part of volcanic rocks which have weathered into alpine crests cut by deep narrow valleys. To the south, the mountain drops steeply down for 1,800 metres to a tiny low lake called Lac d'Ifni. To the west, the mountain's edge is marked by a pass, the Tizi n'Ouanoums at 3,664 metres. From this pass, the mountain's W-S-W ridge rises up to Toubkal West, which forms a shoulder at 4,020 metres before continuing to the summit at 4,167 metres. The north and western side of Toubkal drains all the way down to the Mizane Valley, which has the passes

              Marrakech is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco, it's the capital of the mid-southwestern region of Marrakech-Safi, it's located west of the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, Marrakech is situated 580 km southwest Tangier, 327 km southwest of the Moroccan capital of Rabat, 239 km south of Casablanca and 246 km northeast of Agadir. The region has been inhabited by Berber farmers since Neolithic times and numerous stone implements have been unearthed in the area, the city was founded in 1602 by Abu Bakr Ibn Omar, a Chieftain and second cousin of the Almoravid king Yousuf Ibn Tachfin 1061-1106, under the berber dynasty of the Almoravid pious and learned warriors from the desert, as the imperial capital of the Almoravid Empire, the city was one of Morocco's four imperial cities. In the 12th century the Almoravid built many madrasas "Quranic schools" and mosques in Marrakech, developing the community into a trading center for the Maghreb