Tan-Tan

The popular origin of the name is an example of onomatopoeia. The name comes from the well called Ḥāṣī Ṭānṭān literally "well of Tan-Tan", which representatives of most Sahrawi tribes like the Reguibat, Laaroussien and the Ait Lahcin of the Tekna would camp around. The well is called this because when buckets were lowered into the water into it would make the sound ṭān-ṬĀN when they hit it.{{Cite journal |last=Hart |first=David M. |author-link=David Montgomery Hart |date=1962 |title=The Social Structure of the Rgībāt Bedouins of the Western Sahara |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4323527 |journal=Middle East Journal |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=515 |issn=0026-3141}}

File:Муссем (фольклорный фестиваль) в Тан-Тане (Марокко).jpg

The quartz figurine Venus of Tan-Tan was found in a river terrace deposit on the north bank of the Draa River. Dated between 200,000 and 500,000 BCE, it is considered one of the oldest human-form sculptures in the world, although its formation may actually be natural.{{cite web|url=http://www.donsmaps.com/tantanvenus.html |title=The Tan-Tan Venus |publisher=Donsmaps.com |access-date=15 October 2013}}

The nearby port, known as Tan-Tan Plage in French; Port of Tan-Tan in English; and El Ouatia, al-Watiyah or الوطية in Arabic is about {{convert|25|km}} west of Tan-Tan on the Atlantic Ocean. With a population in 2004 of 6,294 it is the second-largest settlement in the province and ninth-largest in the region. Both Tan-Tan and Tan-Tan Plage are on Morocco's main highway, the N1.

Tan-Tan has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh). While usually strongly moderated by the cold offshore Canary Current, occasional easterly winds from the Sahara Desert interior bring exceptionally hot temperatures to the maritime areas of southern Morocco. These winds being frequent in autumn and seasonal lag from warming sea temperatures cause October afternoons to average warmer than the July counterparts. The varying timing of the hot inland winds causes a vast difference between the individual monthly mean maxima and the many months in which brief temperatures above {{convert|40|C|F}} may occur. Even the coldest winter nights remain well above freezing due to the Atlantic influence.

{{Weather box

|location = Tan-Tan (1991–2020)

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|Jan record high C = 30.4

|Feb record high C = 36.6

|Mar record high C = 38.5

|Apr record high C = 40.7

|May record high C = 44.0

|Jun record high C = 45.0

|Jul record high C = 47.6

|Aug record high C = 48.2

|Sep record high C = 42.8

|Oct record high C = 40.6

|Nov record high C = 36.1

|Dec record high C = 30.4

|year record high C = 48.2

|Jan high C = 20.7

|Feb high C = 21.4

|Mar high C = 23.1

|Apr high C = 22.5

|May high C = 23.3

|Jun high C = 24.2

|Jul high C = 25.6

|Aug high C = 26.9

|Sep high C = 26.6

|Oct high C = 26.5

|Nov high C = 24.1

|Dec high C = 21.7

|year high C = 23.9

|Jan mean C = 16.2

|Feb mean C = 17.0

|Mar mean C = 18.4

|Apr mean C = 18.5

|May mean C = 19.5

|Jun mean C = 20.8

|Jul mean C = 22.1

|Aug mean C = 23.1

|Sep mean C = 22.6

|Oct mean C = 22.0

|Nov mean C = 19.5

|Dec mean C = 17.4

|year mean C = 19.8

|Jan low C = 11.7

|Feb low C = 12.5

|Mar low C = 13.7

|Apr low C = 14.5

|May low C = 15.6

|Jun low C = 17.3

|Jul low C = 18.5

|Aug low C = 19.2

|Sep low C = 18.5

|Oct low C = 17.5

|Nov low C = 15.0

|Dec low C = 12.9

|year low C = 15.6

|Jan record low C = 4.9

|Feb record low C = 6.0

|Mar record low C = 7.7

|Apr record low C = 8.7

|May record low C = 11.4

|Jun record low C = 12.5

|Jul record low C = 15.5

|Aug record low C = 15.8

|Sep record low C = 14.5

|Oct record low C = 10.6

|Nov record low C = 7.7

|Dec record low C = 7.5

|year record low C = 4.9

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 14.3

|Feb precipitation mm = 17.0

|Mar precipitation mm = 13.1

|Apr precipitation mm = 3.8

|May precipitation mm = 3.5

|Jun precipitation mm = 1.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 0.5

|Aug precipitation mm = 5.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 2.3

|Oct precipitation mm = 11.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 13.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 14.1

|year precipitation mm = 100.6

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 2.9

|Feb precipitation days = 2.5

|Mar precipitation days = 2.4

|Apr precipitation days = 1.0

|May precipitation days = 0.6

|Jun precipitation days = 0.4

|Jul precipitation days = 0.1

|Aug precipitation days = 0.5

|Sep precipitation days = 0.4

|Oct precipitation days = 1.7

|Nov precipitation days = 2.4

|Dec precipitation days = 2.9

|year precipitation days = 17.8

|source 1 = NOAA,{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230910044137/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Morocco/CSV/TANTAN_60285.csv

| archive-date = 10 September 2023

| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Morocco/CSV/TANTAN_60285.csv

| title = Tan-Tan Climate Normals 1991–2020

| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)

| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = 10 September 2023}} (February record high){{cite web |url= https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1757832752391729260?t=ORjl4wG7QWMvdq1jNNSa1A&s=19 |title= Asia: Highest Temperature |publisher= Ogimet |access-date=19 June 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100616051245/https://twitter.com/extremetemps/status/1757832752391729260?t=ORjl4wG7QWMvdq1jNNSa1A&s=19 |archive-date=16 June 2010 |df= mdy-all }}

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• Tan-Tan Moussem
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Category:Populated places in Tan-Tan Province

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Category:Provincial capitals in Morocco