What was the new town's name where much of the local population was transferred?
Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
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Moulay Idriss Zerhoun is the name of the new town where much of the local population was transferred. The town was built in the 1970s as part of a government-sponsored project to relocate people from the surrounding countryside to urban areas. The project was designed to improve the living conditions of the local population and to reduce the number of people living in poverty.
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