South of the High Atlas Mountains is the region of Ouarzazate, where Berber Jews lived in fortified cities and towns. In the mountains north of Ouarzazate is the saint David Oumouchy. South of Ouarzazate, Jews were once a major presence in the oases of the Draa Valley, especially in the town of Agdz. There are legends that the Jews controlled a kingdom in this valley before the arrival of the Arabs. East of Ouarzazate is the Dades Valley, where the Jewish Perez family from Andalucia made its home beginning in the 16th century Tiliit (5 miles from El Kelaa Des M'Gouna). Tinerir, at the mouth of the Todhra Gorge, is believed to have one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Morocco.