- Guelmim
Guelmim ( _ar. كلميم, also spelt Goulimine or Guelmin), is a
town in southernMorocco , often nicknamed "Gateway to the Desert" ("la porte du désert"). The population of the city is 95,749 (2004 census). It is the capital of theGuelmim-Es Semara region which includes southern Morocco (south of theSouss-Massa-Dra region) and northernWestern Sahara . It is home to acamel market . When hippies "discovered" certain types of colorful African trade beads there in the 1960s, these became known as "Goulamine beads" tho they were actually manufactured in Europe, primarily inVenice .External links
* [http://lexicorient.com/morocco/goulimime.htm Lexicorient]
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