Haha (tribe)

The Haha or Iḥaḥan (in Shilha) (Arabic: حاحا, Ḥāḥā) is a Moroccan confederation of Masmouda Berber tribes in the Western High Atlas in Morocco.[1] They identify themselves as a tribal confederacy of the Chleuh people, and speak the Shilha language. Their region stretches along from the city of Essaouira south to the Souss Valley, mainly on the Atlantic coast.[1]

Map representing the 12 Haha tribes and their territory.

Notable figures

Saïd Taghmaoui

Nayef Aguerd

References
  1. C. Agabi, « Haha », Encyclopédie berbère, 22 | Hadrumetum – Hidjaba, Aix-en-Provence, Edisud, 2000, p. 3326-3328

See also
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