Marrakesh–Safi
 |
Marrakesh-Safi
| |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
 Location in Morocco | |
| Coordinates: 31°37′N 8°0′W / 31.617°N 8.000°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Capital | Marrakech |
| Government | |
| • Wali | Karim Kassi-Lehlou |
| • President | Ahmed Akhchichine |
| Population (2014 census) | |
• Total | 4,520,569 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WET) |
Marrakesh-Safi or Marrakech-Asfi (Template:Lang-ar; (Template:Lang-ber) is one of the ten Regions of Morocco.[1] Its population in 2014 was 4,520,569.[2] The capital is Marrakech.[3]
History
Marrakech-Asfi was formed in September 2015 by merging the old region of Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz with the provinces of Asfi and Youssoufia in Doukkala-Abda region.[3]
Administrative divisions
The region is made up into the following provinces and prefectures:[2]
- Prefecture of Marrakech
- Al Haouz Province
- Chichaoua Province
- El Kelâa des Sraghna Province
- Essaouira Province
- Rehamna Province
- Safi Province
- Youssoufia Province
References
- ^ Jounaux.ma Archived 2015-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Population légale d'après les résultats du RGPH 2014 sur le Bulletin officiel N° 6354" (pdf). Haut-Commissariat au Plan (in Arabic). Retrieved 2015-07-11.
- ^ a b "Décret fixant le nom des régions" (PDF). Portail National des Collectivités Territoriales (in French). 20 February 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
| from 2015 |  | |
|---|---|---|
| 1997–2015 |
| |
| 1971–1997 | ||
Regions falling partly (*) or entirely (**) within the disputed territory of Western Sahara | ||